Effectiveness of Interventional Reproductive and Sexual Health Education among School Going Adolescent Girls in Rural Area

BACKGROUND: Most adolescents lack access to age- and sex-appropriate health information which is vital for young people to make informed decisions about their reproductive sexual health. OBJECTIVES: The study objective was to study the effectiveness of the interventional reproductive and sexual heal...

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Autores principales: Phulambrikar, Rutuja M., Kharde, Anup Lahanubhau, Mahavarakar, Varsha N., Phalke, Deepak B., Phalke, Vaishali D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6881892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31802804
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_155_19
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Most adolescents lack access to age- and sex-appropriate health information which is vital for young people to make informed decisions about their reproductive sexual health. OBJECTIVES: The study objective was to study the effectiveness of the interventional reproductive and sexual health education on knowledge, attitude, and menstrual practices of school-going adolescent girls. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It was an interventional study consisting of a pretest, intervention session, and posttest conducted among 400 school-going adolescent girls in a rural area of Maharashtra. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant increase in knowledge, attitude, and practice median scores following intervention (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Age- and sex-appropriate health education programs can facilitate the development of healthy reproductive and sexual behavior patterns among adolescents through the enhancement of knowledge and development of right attitude.

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