The study of reproductive attitudes of medical students

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Introduction. The analysis of reproductive values is of considerable scientific interest, since the reproductive behavior of the population is formed on this foundation [1, 2, 3]. The negative dynamics of the state of reproductive health of adolescents and young people sharply reduces the prospects for the population to implement their reproductive plans for the reproduction of future generations: the frequency of female and male infertility increases, miscarriage rates increase, the number of normal births decreases, the number of premature babies increases, the morbidity of newborns increases [4, 5]. Medical students are an active segment that can contribute to improving the demographic situation due to the specifics of their professional activities.
The purpose of the study is to study the attitudes of medical students towards the institute of family and marriage, state policy in the field of improving the demographic situation and family support, reproductive health protection, including the prevention of unplanned pregnancy.
Materials and methods. An anonymous online survey of 137 medical students was conducted using a specially designed questionnaire. A specially designed questionnaire consisting of 46 closed-type questions was used for the survey. Statistical data processing was carried out using the Microsoft Excel 2016 and Statistica 10 application software package.
Results. Among the surveyed students, girls (78.3%) aged 18-25 years (93.6%) prevailed. According to the results of the survey, it was found that almost half of the respondents have a positive attitude towards starting a family (48.3%), and 75.4% of them plan to have children. About 32.4% of respondents have a neutral attitude towards marriage, and only 19.3% of students from this subgroup have a negative attitude towards marriage and do not plan to get married. Almost half of the respondents would like to get married at the age of 20-25 (37.9%). More than half of the students, 58%, named the optimal age for the birth of 1 child at 26-30 years old. More than half of the respondents plan to have 2 children (69.3%). The most effective support measures from the point of view of their impact on improving the demographic situation, according to respondents, are the availability of expert information on the preservation of reproductive health of the population, the formation of reproductive attitudes, including the prevention of unwanted pregnancies, as well as medical, psychological and pedagogical measures aimed at preparing young people for a happy marriage, conscious parenthood, this creates conditions for the formation and preservation of healthy full-fledged relationships in the family.
Conclusions. Thus, there is a need to develop and implement measures aimed at improving the system of early detection of disorders in the development of children, focusing primary health care on the prevention of reproductive disorders in adolescents and young people, introducing medical, psychological and pedagogical measures into the work of educational and medical organizations aimed at shaping the reproductive behavior of the younger generation, developing organizational approachestowards the formation of value orientations for a positive demographic response.

About the authors

Emily Vitalievna Galushnik

Moscow Financial and Industrial University "Synergy"

Author for correspondence.
Email: emi_290305@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0009-6822-0361

3rd year student of the Faculty of Medicine

Russian Federation, 105318, Moscow, Izmailovsky Val str., 2

Lyubov Vladimirovna Erofeeva

Moscow Financial and Industrial University "Synergy"

Email: 9150152920@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0006-1913-1061

Senior lecturer of the Department

Russian Federation

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