Study To Assess Perception And Need Assessment Of Sex Education Among School Going Adolescents
Journal Title: Harsukh Educational Charitable Society International Journal of Community Health and Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Background:t is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, a period of dramatic growth and development. As a child evolves into an adult, a complex myriad of physiological as well as psychological alterations take place. It is the most critical period of development, second only to early childhood. Aims& Objectives-To assess pattern and perception of sex education among adolescents. Materials and Methods- Community based cross sectional study design was adopted. assessment in school going adolescents in the age group of 16 to 19 years of Faridkot. Results- Total of 250 students were taken in the study which includes 143 girls and 107 boys. Only 7(04.90%) of girls responded that their parents had attempted to educate them about sex, whereas 127(88.81%) answered the question in the negative. The ratio of boys who had been given any form of sex education by their parents was 5(04.68%), with 97(90.65%) saying they had not received such education. The respondents who had received some sex education from parents were asked how they had found it. 3(50.00%) of the girls said they found it educative, whereas 1(16.67%) found it embarrassing. Among the boys, 2(33.33%) found the talks educative, and 1(16.67%) found it embarrassing and 1(16.67%) already knew.Among girls, 59(41.26%) said the sex education should be given in school, 38(26.57%) said college, and rest said nothing. Among the boys, 45.79% wanted sex education in college, 35.51% in schools, and rest in neither of them.
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Rupali . , Arashpreet Kaur Chhina, Ssanjay Gupta, Seema Grover, Shivani . , Sahil Chhabra
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