Document Type : Original Article
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PhD Student of Reproductive Health, Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, Students Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Associate Professor of Perinatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Shahid Akbar-Abadi Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Professor of Reproductive Health, Department of Reproductive Health Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
10.22038/ijogi.2025.83986.6257
Abstract
Objective: Due to the approval of the Youth Population Law in Iran since 1400, the approach of having children in women over 35 years of age was approved and encouraged by the Ministry of Health. As a result, the present study aimed to explain the unmet needs of pregnant women over 35 years of age by looking at the youth population law in these mothers.
Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted in Shohada Tajrish, Akbarabadi, Arash and Rasoul Akram hospitals, in 1403 and for 3 months. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with 25 pregnant women over 35 years of age. In order to check the accuracy and robustness of the data, GABA and Lincoln criteria were used, and a conventional qualitative analysis approach was used to analyze the data. The analysis was performed using MAXQDA-10 software.
Findings: Data analysis resulted in the extraction of 126 primary codes, 26 subcategories, 8 categories, and finally 3 themes including unmet maternal health needs, social acceptance, and pregnancy anxieties.
Discussion: Since the drafters of this law have stated their goal as supporting the family, as stated in the title of the law, it is necessary to pay more attention to the needs of women, especially during pregnancy, given the increasing age of marriage and pregnancy. It is hoped that given the experimental nature of the laws, their shortcomings will be identified and steps will be taken to address them at the end of the experimental period.
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