Interventional Study to Assess Knowledge and Attitude of School Going Adolescents About Reproductive Health
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The object of the present study was to assess baseline knowledge and attitude of school going adolescents about reproductive health.The study also investigated the effect of audio-visual health education intervention on knowledge and decision making skills of school going adolescents about reproductive health. An interventional study was carried out in randomly selected 200 school adolescents. Baseline knowledge and attitude was determined by questionnaire method. An audio-visual health education intervention was carried out in these students. Knowledge and attitude was again tested using same questionnaire. It was found that most of the students were unaware of reproductive organs in human, modes of transmission of HIV, prognosis of AIDS. Results suggested that knowledge regarding reproductive health increased significantly after health education. It may be concluded that health education is important for adolescents to improve their decision making skills regarding reproductive health.
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Sancheti Poonam Vijay, S. K. Mangulikar, Mulaje S. M
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