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This study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of the training of planned genital hygiene behaviors given to women. The research was carried out in a semi-experimental way with the pre-test, last-test control group. It was held at the Mother-Child Health and Family Planning Center (ACSAP) in Malta. The data was collected with personal information form and GHDE (Genital Hygiene Behavior Inventory) developed by researchers between 1 April and 30 June 2003. The universe of the study was formed by the 15-49-year-old group of women who were married and read-writer who applied to the AÇSAP Center with a complaint of genital infection. 50 female experiments, diagnosed with genital infection and selected with the unlikely sample method, and 50 female were taken into the control group. In the assessment of the data, the t test was used in independent groups, the t test in dependent groups. A written permission has been obtained from the official authorities for the research. Women who have been informed and volunteers have been taken to work. The test group’s pre-test GHDE score average was 73.5±12.2, the final test score average was 91.2±8.0. The difference between the pre-test and final-test scores of the experiment group was significant (t= -13.233 P < 0.001). The control group’s pre-test GHDE score average is 73.3±11.9, the final test score average is 73.7±11.0 and the difference between it was meaningless (t= -1.924 P > 0.05). The study found that the training of planned genital hygiene behaviors given to women has a positive impact on genital hygiene behaviors. This emphasizes the importance of the role of nurses in health education. Therefore, parents and nurses may be advised to give all women a planned training on genital hygiene practices.

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