The fact that study was conducted in the provincial capital of Hatay province is important in that it is insufficient to reflect the general population but represents data gathered locally. The participants in this research were only Syrian refugee women, and male Syrian refu-gees were not included in the study. For this reason, the views of the women's partners or husbands were not collected. Also, the question-naire was created in line with the literature, but its validity and reliabil-ity were not established. The correlation of the participants' knowledge, attitude and behaviour regarding FP with the variables was evaluated only with the chi-square test. In the future, more sophisticated analyses should be conducted.
5 | C O N C L U S I O N
Study findings showed that the rates of pregnancy and births among Syrian refugee women was high compared with the local general pop-ulation. Also, although most of the women knew about modern FP methods, the rate of use was low. In raising the level of knowledge, achieving positive attitudes and turning knowledge into behaviour, it is important to support their husbands' use of FP methods, and for both men and women to receive education on FP.
In addition to this, studies should be planned with different groups in order to determine regional differences, and it is thought
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that qualitative studies investigating the factors which affect the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of refugee women concerning FP would make a contribution to the literature and to the planning of health services.
C O N F L I C T O F I N T E R E S T
The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
A U T H O R S H I P S T A T E M E N T
YGS¸ and TAY were responsible for data management and study design. YGS¸ and TAY was responsible for data analysis. YGS¸ drafted and YGS¸ and TAY revised the manuscript.
O R C I D
Yasemin Gümüs¸ S¸ekerci https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9661-0924 Tugba Aydın Yıldırım https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5475-2345
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How to cite this article: Gümüs¸ S¸ekerci Y, Aydın Yıldırım T.
The knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of Syrian refugee women towards family planning: Sample of Hatay. Int J Nurs Pract. 2020;e12844.https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12844
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