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This study explored the future-oriented perceptions of Generation Z students in a foundation university. This study was conducted using qualitative research and a phenomenological design. The study sample consisted of 11 university students over the age of 18 who agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected online through individual interviews in Türkiye. Colaizzi’s phenomenological analysis method was used in the data analysis. The content analysis determined three main themes and eleven sub-themes. The first theme was the students’ knowledge acquisition about the “current situation of the country.” Under this theme were four sub-themes: economic problems, the immigrant situation, the education and justice system, and the country’s agenda. In the second theme, students shared their opinions about “being a student in the country.” This theme included economic impossibilities, their participation in limited social activities, and housing problems. In the last theme, “future anxiety,” the sub-themes of the students were found to include experiences hopelessness versus hope. Uncertainty caused anxiety, as did going abroad, finding a job, and improving themselves. It was determined that the participants were worried about the current situation in the countries they lived in during this period due to economic problems; while some were hopeful about the future, some were hopeless and would go abroad. This study might contribute to the literature on determining the future-oriented perceptions, possible stressors and hope levels of Generation Z university students in Türkiye. Additionally, intervention programs can be developed for the management these stressors to protect the mental health of Generation Z university students. On the other hand, it is necessary to protect the mental health of young people, who are the adults of the future, and to create policies for the youth of this country where social opportunities are maintained.

This research was conducted to identify the relationship between traditional practices about infant care and breastfeeding in the postnatal period and health literacy. The research was performed as a correlational and descriptive study. The research population was comprised of 410 women who applied to Sıtmapınarı and Sıtmapınarı No. 1 Family Heath Centers from 31 March 2018 to 2 June 2019 and were in the first six months of the postnatal period. The Participant Information Form and the Turkish Health Literacy Scale - 32 were used in the collection of research data. The research data were evaluated via percentages, arithmetic means, and the Pearson correlation analysis. In the research, it was found that almost all participant women used traditional practices about infant care whilst four-fifths of them employed traditional practices about breastfeeding. It was ascertained that the number of traditional practices used by the participant women in relation to infant had no statistically significant relationship with the means of scores obtained by the participant women from the overall Turkish Health Literacy Scale and its sub-scales (p>0.05). It was identified that the number of traditional practices used by the participant women in relation to breastfeeding had no statistically significant relationship with the means of scores obtained by them from the overall Turkish Health Literacy Scale and its ‘accessing information', ‘understanding information', ‘appraising information', ‘using/applying information', and ‘treatment and service' sub-scales (p>0.05) whilst it had a very weak statistically significant relationship with ‘protection from diseases and improvement of health' sub-scale (p [Med-Science 2022; 11(2.000): 554-60]