A Nursing Philosophy of Women Empowerment Based on Self Efficacy toward Sexual and Reproductive Health

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AbstractIntroductionSexual and reproductive health of women will affect their health in general at every stage of their lives. Empowerment of women is a strategic step to improving health status. Nurses have an essential role to empower women to improve their health. Women empowerment can be built by improving their self-efficacy. This paper aimed to provide a review of articles about the role of nurses and strategies to empower women in sexual and reproductive health based on self-efficacy.MethodThis paper is the result of a literature review. Data were accessed from the database of Scopus, Pubmed, and Ebscohost limited on publication in 2017-2022. Twelve journal articles were selected using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).ResultsThe results of the article review obtained information about the important role of women in the health sector, factors associated with sexual and reproductive health, nursing philosophy women health, women empowerment models for sexual and reproductive health, and strategies to increase women empowerment through self-efficacy enhancement.ConclusionAn evidence-based practice approach found that women empowerment is a strategic step for health development. The women empowerment program still needs to be developed because it can increase their capacity in maintaining health.