Information Needs of Pregnant Women Referred to Health Centers in Behshahr City within 2016-2017

Introduction: Lack of knowledge and low levels of information related tovarious issues of pregnancy among women can create problems and increasemedical interventions. This study aimed to identity information needs of pregnantwomen referred to health centers in Behshahr city during 2016-2017.Methods: The method utilized in this study is the Applied and Descriptivemethod. Statistical populations of this study include 188 pregnant womenreferred to all health centers of Behshahr city during 2016-2017. Data collectionwas done using a self-questionnaire and its validity and reliability wasascertained by a specialist and Chronbach Alpha method. Descriptive statistics,statistical test and SPSS software (version 17) were used for data analysis.Results: Findings show that information about the health of embryo is the mostimportant information need among pregnant people. Also women say that Gynecologists and Specialist are the most important resources of access toinformation, although there are other significant sources such as telegramnetworks, social media and mobile phones. . In addition, meaningful differenceshave been seen between some Information needs and resources of access toinformation based on pregnant demographic factors .Conclusion: Pregnant women require diverse sources of information during theterm of their pregnancy.. The importance of this information is reported to behigh but specialists and managers of health systems can be effective providing inhealth knowledge and literacy for pregnant women by planning, making policyand regular trainings and educations.

Information Needs of Pregnant Women Referred to Health Centers in Behshahr City within 2016-2017 Keywords:

Pregnant Women , Health Information Needs , Health Information Behavior , Health Center , Behshahr