Career Planning of Adolescent Girls in an Urban School

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Novakovic
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Urban School

scholarly journals Comparison of Knowledge and Attitude regarding Reproductive Health between Adolescent Girls of Urban and Rural Schools in West Bengal

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 6-16
Author(s):  
Sneha Roy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Introduction: Adolescents can be key driving forces in building a future of dignity for all. They are an important resource for any country. Reproductive health covers all aspects of adolescent health. In order to lead healthy, responsible, and fulfilling lives, and to protect themselves from reproductive health problems, youngsters need adequate information about the physical and psychological changes that take place during puberty, menstruation, pregnancy and childbirth. Methods: A comparative survey was conducted among 90 randomly selected adolescent girls from urban and rural schools of Bankura, West Bengal. Information was collected by administering structured knowledge questionnaire and 5-point attitude rating scale. Results: The findings revealed that 46.67% of girls from urban school and 51.11% of girls from rural school had excellent knowledge score and 65.56% of adolescent girls from urban school had positive and 61.11% of girls from rural school had fair attitude score towards reproductive health. There was no significant difference in knowledge score (t = -0.555 at p > 0.580) but significant difference in attitude score (t = 4.98 at p < 0.00) was there. There was a weak positive correlation found between knowledge and attitude scores of adolescent girls in both urban (r = 0.46) and rural (r = 0.335) schools. No significant association was found between knowledge and attitude scores and demographic characteristics of adolescent girls in both schools. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a gap in the level of attitude of adolescent girls of urban and rural schools. So there is a need to educate adolescent girls regarding some aspects of reproductive health.

scholarly journals A comparative study of menstrual hygiene management among rural and urban adolescent girls in Mangaluru, Karnataka

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 2548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeep Senapathi ◽  
Hemant Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene Management ◽  
Hygiene Management ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
School Girls

Background: Menstruation is a completely normal biological process. Yet women and girls, the world over, face numerous challenges and taboos which often portray them as inferior to men. Poor hygiene and sanitation facilities in schools cause girls to experience menstruation as shameful and uncomfortable. The objective of the study was to assess and compare the status of menstrual hygiene management among rural and urban adolescent school girls.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out from 01 September 2016 to 31 October 2016, among 244 adolescent school girls, in urban and rural field practice areas of A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences of Research, Mangaluru, Karnataka.Results: A total of 244 adolescent school girls participated in this study. Out of these, 54.17% girls were from rural, while 45.83% were from the urban school. Mean age of menarche of all the respondents was 12.61±0.81 years. Overall, 69.67% girls were aware of menstruation prior to attainment of menarche. The awareness was found to be more among urban school girls (72.32%) as compared to rural girls (67.42%). The study brings out that 49.24% of the girls in the rural school and 65.17% of the girls in urban school were using sanitary pads. ‘High cost’ was cited as the main reason for not using the sanitary pads.Conclusions: Menstrual hygiene management was found to be sub-optimal among both, urban as well as rural adolescent girls.

Knowledge and attitudes towards dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls in an urban school in Sri Lanka

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hapuarachchige Sewvandi Maliga Samp Wijesiri ◽  
Thusharie Sugandhika Suresh
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes

Indigenous Girls Write, Right!? Unsettling Urban Literacies with Indigenous Writing Pedagogies

2021 ◽  
pp. 004208592110039
Author(s):  
Nora Alba Cisneros
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Urban Schools ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Feminist Epistemology ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Tribal Critical Race Theory ◽  
Writing Pedagogies ◽  
Chicana Feminist Epistemology

This article begins with the fundamental premise that Indigenous adolescent girls are writers. Indigenous adolescent girls speak and write in multitudes of voices, yet their physical and literary presence is often unaccounted in educational research and writing. Guided by the theoretical insights of Chicana Feminist Epistemology and Tribal Critical Race Theory this paper illuminates how Indigenous Writing Pedagogies (IWP) emerged to acknowledge land and gendered relationships in urban schools. The author presents implications for Indigenous notions of literacies and relationships that can be elevated by educators working in and out of urban school spaces.

Public School Voice Clinics, Part I

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-57
Author(s):  
Sandra Q. Miller ◽  
Charles L. Madison
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School District ◽  
Voice Disorders ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Urban School District ◽  
Local School District ◽  
Local School ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Voice Problem

The purpose of this article is to show how one urban school district dealt with a perceived need to improve its effectiveness in diagnosing and treating voice disorders. The local school district established semiannual voice clinics. Students aged 5-18 were referred, screened, and selected for the clinics if they appeared to have a chronic voice problem. The specific procedures used in setting up the voice clinics and the subsequent changes made over a 10-year period are presented.

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