The Effect of Group Education VS Current Method of Education on Family

Background and objectives: Health education is a communicative activity that can be used to make people accept hehaviors effective on healthy life. This study aimed at comparing group education and the current method of olucation on family planning  Material and Methods: In This pre-experimental study, the researcher sclected randomly four health centers out of 23. Then 120 women aged 15-45 were divided randomly into two groups of case and control. She instructed the case group in education classcs (10-15 members) taken for two hours. The control group was given individual education. The material of education was the same in both youns. After 3-6 mnonth, their family planning practice was recorded and analyzed by statistical tests such as chi-square. Resu ts: The results in case group show that %60 (up to 3 months) and 256 (up to 6 months) of the subjects use a reliable contraceptive method after education. But in control group 3% and 7% of the samples, respectively. The difference between the two groups is significant (p=0/000). Conclusion: Active group education is an effective way of casily accepting of family planning,