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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Family and Reproductive Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Family and Reproductive Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-8949</Issn>
      <Volume>12</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>05</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Reproductive Health Needs Assessment in the View of Iranian Elderly Women and Elderly Men</title>
    <FirstPage>34</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>41</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mahsa</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shakour</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Medical Education Development Center, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Kobra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Salehi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Nikoo</FirstName>
        <LastName>Yamany</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2017</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2018</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>11</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Objective: To assess reproductive health needs in men and women as the first and basic step in educational planning.
Materials and methods: The study was qualitative. Participants were Postmenopausal women and men over 60 years. Data gathering was done by semi structured interviews. Analysis of the qualitative data was conducted during a multi-step process according to the assessment method of Altschuld et al needs analysis.
Results: Two general themes were considered in categorizing codes extracted from interviews: 1) Problems, 2) Demands. Women&#x2019;s reproductive health problems were Problems associated with menopause, Related to family planning, sexual problems, and diseases and cancers. Reproductive health problems in men were in two main subthemes Urinary-reproductive problems and sexual dysfunction. Their main demand was for establishing a health center for geriatric reproductive health.
Conclusion: Aging has severe effect on men&#x2019;s and women&#x2019;s reproductive health and elderly peoples need health services to cope with changes, therefore these needs should be considered in medical curriculums.
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    <web_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/742</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/download/742/445</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
