scholarly journals Effectiveness of Reproductive Health and AIDS Education among Adolescent Girls in Udupi Taluk, India.

2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (152) ◽  
pp. 76-78
Author(s):  
Lochan Shrestha ◽  
P Rao
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Karnataka State ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Health Education Programme ◽  
University Colleges ◽  
The Impact

An intervention study was undertaken among adolescent girls in age group 16-19 years, studying in preuniversitycolleges, in Udupi town in Karnataka State, India, to asses the impact of health education onknowledge regarding reproductive health & AIDS. 4 pre-university colleges were randomly selected inUdupi town. There were 551 students present for the pretest and 548 in the post test. Knowledge wasassessed at the beginning of the study with the help of a questionnaire that was duly pre-tested. Based on theresults of this baseline survey, a health education programme was developed and implemented after a weekin each of the selected colleges. A second visit was made to the same colleges after one month of conductinghealth education programme for post-test The same questionnaire was administered to assess the impact ofhealth education. Significant increase in knowledge about adolescence, menarche, pregnancy, delivery,immunization and various aspects of AIDS following health education. This study has shown that there is abeneficial effect of health education on the knowledge and awareness related to reproductive health andAIDS among adolescent girls.Key Words: Reproductive Health, AIDS, Health Education.

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls of government school of Jabalpur and impact of health education on menstrual hygiene

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-206
Author(s):  
Dr. Preeti Singh ◽  
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Dr. Monica Lazarus ◽  
Dr. S Priyadarshini ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Government School ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Audiovisual Aids ◽  
Health Education Programme ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: India is a developing country, it has made advancements in every field, but stillmenstruation is a topic of social taboo in many rural and suburban parts of the country, as peoplefeel shy and difficult to discuss it openly, even mothers, sisters and teachers are not able to providecorrect information regarding menstruation physiology and its hygiene. Objective: To educateadolescent girls and assess the impact of health education on them. Methods: About 400adolescent girls aged 11-19 years from 3 government schools of Jabalpur were interviewed using apretested and predesigned questionnaire in the local language. Health education regarding hygienicpractices during menstruation was given through audiovisual aids after filling out the questionnaire.Results: out of 400 girls,291(72%) girls already knew that menstruation is a physiological processwhich increased significantly to 307(76.8%). Knowledge was poor about the source and type ofbleed; only 99 (24.8%) knew that the original was the uterus. Only 59(14.8%)girls were usingsanitary napkins. In contrast, most of them were using old cloth265(66.3%)of which 86.3% werewashing it with soap and water, and 67.3% used to dry them inside their houses, which increasedsignificantly after imparting health education to 99%and decreased to 6% respectively. Conclusion:The result of this study indicates that there is a need for the establishment of a comprehensiveschool health education programme with solid familial input. Teachers should be trained to providehealth education about menstruation, its physiology and correct hygienic practices, as theadolescent girls will turn into mothers one day.

scholarly journals Assessment of need of effective health education programme for improvement of personal hygiene among adolescent girl students in a slum area of Kolkata: a school based intervention study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 3584
Author(s):  
Jayita Pal ◽  
Arghya K. Pal
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Slum Area ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Health Education Programme ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Test Level

Background: Personal hygiene aims at healthy living by maintaining cleanliness of the body. Adolescent girls being in the period of active growth and development are the ideal candidates to impart proper knowledge which in turn create a correct attitude followed by practice and it would be carried to next generation. The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a health education programme in improving the knowledge, attitude and practice of personal hygiene among the adolescent girls in a slum area of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted in two government Bengali medium secondary schools located in a slum area of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. First a baseline survey with the help of a predesigned pretested questionnaire and checklist was done to find out the socio-demographic information and existing K.A.P of personal hygiene of the students. This was followed by an intervention phase of 6 months during which weekly lecture and demonstration classes were taken in the study school. Impact of intervention was assessed by application of post-test questionnaire. Both the schools were followed for another 3 months to establish the sustainability of the programme.Results: There was statistically significant improvement in the mean scores of K.A.P of personal hygiene from the pre-test level to post-test level among the students of study school as compared to control school, though there was a significant decline in the mean scores at 9 months than 6 months revealing want of sustainability of the programme.Conclusions: Regular revision and reinforcement should be done to increase the effectiveness of a health education programme to improve personal hygiene and thereby resulting in a healthy living.

scholarly journals Assessment of present awareness on reproductive health and evaluation of a tool designed for reproductive health education among school going adolescent girls

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2381
Author(s):  
Vanusha A. ◽  
Parvathavarthini K.
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Post Test

Background: Reproductive health is an important area of concern in adolescent health. Assessment of unmet needs of unmarried adolescent girls during past five years revealed the felt needs are mostly unmet in areas related to menstrual hygiene, knowledge on consequences of early marriage, risk of teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, HIV and AIDS, unsafe abortions and breast feeding. This study is carried out to assess the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding menstruation, pregnancy, contraception, STD’s, AIDS, and breast feeding and to study the effect of health education program in terms of improvement in their knowledge.Methods: This study was carried out among adolescent girls from randomly selected government girls higher secondary schools of Pondicherry from class 8 to class12. A total of 300 students were included in the study. A pretested questionnaire (English/Tamil) was administered to students. This was followed by an interactive session with the students to clarify doubts. Students was asked to fill an immediate post-test questionnaire to evaluate the effect of intervention (health education). After a minimum period of six months the students was reassessed by a same pretest and post-test questionnaire.Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in knowledge scores in various aspects of reproductive health following periodic health education intervention program.Conclusions: The knowledge on reproductive health and responsible sexual behaviour among school going adolescents is inadequate. Appropriate strategy to reach this vulnerable group has to be formulated by health care professionals with coordination and support from school authorities.

scholarly journals Penggunaan Booklet terhadap Pengetahuan Anemia pada Remaja Putri

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Endah Yulianingsih ◽  
Ika Suherlin ◽  
Yusrin Aswad ◽  
Wenny Ino Ischak ◽  
Dinda Hulawa
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Post Test

Anemia is still a reproductive health problem, especially in women whose hemoglobin levels are less than 12 g%. Education is one of the factors that influence the incidence of anemia and also greatly affects the ability to think in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to analyze health education through knowledge booklets about anemia in adolescents in Gorontalo City. This type of research uses the Pre-Experimental method with One-Group Pre-Test-Post Test Design, with a sample of 132 young women using a simple random sampling technique. The study started from February 1 to March 1, 2020. The analysis in this study used the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that there was a significant effect of health education through booklets on knowledge of anemia in adolescents with a sig value of 0.000 <0.05. The conclusion is that there is an effect of health education through booklets on knowledge about anemia in adolescent girls.

scholarly journals Pendidikan Kesehatan dengan Media Film “Derita Tiada Akhir” Menggugah Pengantin Remaja dalam Menggunakan Kontrasepsi Modern

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Tatik Kusyanti ◽  
Hadyana Sukandar ◽  
Farid Husin
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Adolescent Pregnancy ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Modern Contraceptive ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Reproductive Health Education ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact

<em><em>Adolescent marriage (10-19 years old) is a problem for every country, especially for developing countries. Based on the basic health research (Riskesdas), the adolescent marriage in Indonesia is 41.9% and this is the highest number compared with other age category. The number of adolescent marriage in West Java is in the second place after the middle of Kalimantan and the position is above the national number 50.2%. The number of adolescent marriage in Bandung is 23.9%, whereas the government target is only 3.5%. Adolescent marriage has a strong relationship with pregnancy and the high risk childbirth. This research goal was to analyze the usage and the impact of media film the risk of adolescent pregnancy on the modern contraceptive participation and those influencing factors. The research was conducted in the 7 offices of religion affairs (KUA) that spread in Bandung. This research is a quasi experiment research with post-test design and pre-post test design with total samples of 44 consisting of 22 bridal couple and 22 adolescent bridewomen that only registered their marriage in the 7 KUA’s. Adolescents marriage applicant samples were taken by consecutive sampling whereas the sampling for the adolescents that were married was taken by simple random sampling. Univariate analysis used frequency distribution and binomial, while bivariate analysis used chi-square and fisher’s exact, Multivariate analysis used Multiple Regresi Logistic. The research results show that reproductive health education about the adolescent pregnancy through film media could increase twice the participation of adolescent married couples in using modern contraception, by using chi square (p=0.015), RR:2.33 have the increase of reproductive health education. Based on the results, it can be concluded that reproductive health education through film media can increase the participation of adolescent married couples influenced the modern contraceptive participation.</em></em>

scholarly journals An awareness program on dengue fever among adults residing in an urban slum area, Coimbatore

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 5242
Author(s):  
Sugunadevi G. ◽  
Dharmaraj A.
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Slum Area ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Awareness Program ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Health Education Programme ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Dengue fever is a mosquito borne disease transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. This disease is known to be worldwide problem, affecting the tropical and sub-tropical regions. One third of the world’s population is at risk of transmission of disease. So, creating awareness is an effective way of preventing Dengue Fever. The objective of the study was to create awareness on Dengue Fever among adults residing in an Urban Slum area in Coimbatore.Methods: The study was conducted among 150 adults residing in an urban slum area in Coimbatore. After informed consent, pre-test questionnaire was administered to assess their awareness on Dengue Fever. Health education programme was conducted and after one month their improvement in the knowledge on dengue fever was recorded using post-test questionnaire.Results: After the awareness program the improvement in knowledge on Dengue Fever among the study participants was assessed and found to have improved significantly (p< 0.001).Conclusions: Health education on Awareness of Dengue Fever among adults aged 20 to 30 years in urban slum at Coimbatore has produced an improvement in knowledge by 48 percent.

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