scholarly journals Adolescent Male Reproductive Health Knowledge and Practices in Bangladesh

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-154
Author(s):  
Faez Ahmed ◽  
Abdul Kalam Lutful Kabir ◽  
Md Shafiqul Islam ◽  
Abu Shara Shamsur Rouf
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Drug Addiction ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Reproductive Health Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Male Reproductive Health

Opinions on reproductive health education at the onset of puberty at present were studied by using a structured questionnaire consisting of 13 questions with a view to know their conception about it. A total of 800 male students were randomly selected of which 400 were from two public and the rest 400 from private universities situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least half of the university students (384, 48%) did not understand much about puberty and remained confused. A large number of adolescents felt shy (208, 26%), scared (56, 7%), least bothered (112, 14%) and were not at all aware (40, 5%) of their onset of puberty. The respondents reported to have discussion their pubertal changes mainly with their male peers (672, 84%) and a very little access to parents (16, 2%) and elder brothers (16, 2%). A few respondents talked with their teachers (40, 5%). Their shared feelings were not informative and rather incorrect for maintaining good reproductive health at a growing time. On the contrary, they were rather warned by the persons not to disclose it to others. Most of the respondents (672, 84%) felt sex education is essential for better reproductive health management, a few of them (88, 11%) opposed this idea and some of them remained silent (40, 5%). Half of the respondents (760, 50%) preferred reproductive health education should be included in secondary and higher secondary levels (375, 25%), in the university level (166, 11%) and very few wanted it to be included in primary level (93, 6%). A few number of respondents (92, 6%) preferred non-formal reproductive health education. Some of the respondents (785, 23%) wanted to learn through curriculum and discussion with partners on sexual matter, reproductive organs and their functions (765, 16%), on STIs and AIDS (665, 17%) for safe sexual life. They (580, 11%) want to know the process of pregnancy and lactation, menstruation (356, 7%) and protection from unwanted sex (320, 6%) and other related issues (130, 2%). Most of the respondents (600, 75%) have no clear idea on the impact of addiction on sexual activity. However, a few number of respondents (128, 16%) believed that any drug addiction might cause decreased sexual activity while the other respondents (72, 9%) kept silent. Key words: Adolescent, Male, Reproductive Health, Sex education, Curriculum, Drug addiction, Secondary level. doi: 10.3329/dujps.v7i2.2171 Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. 7(2): 149-154, 2008 (December)

scholarly journals Parenting Intervention Method in Improving Parenting Skills as a Reference in Reproductive Health Education in Families

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-61
Author(s):  
Eti Rimawati ◽  
Slamet Isworo
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Parenting Intervention ◽  
Parenting Skills ◽  
Community Based Programs ◽  
Reproductive Health Education ◽  
Childhood Parenting ◽  
Use Of Internet

Background and Objectives: The problem of reproductive health is not limited to adolescents, but it has shifted to early childhood. Parenting skill has an important role in shaping risky sexual behaviours. Some programs in improving communication and parenting self-efficacy are not effective enough to change those risky behaviours in children and adolescents. This study aims to describe the methods of an educational parenting intervention to improve parenting skills as a reference in reproductive health education in the family. Methodology: The review process did not strictly follow the flow of the systematic review. The data have manually selected through some stages including selection, search, extraction, and analysis. The keyword in data search is a combination of parenting intervention (mother and father), sex education, reproductive health, and community-based programs. Results: In improving parenting skills some methods used including special education and training programs for parents like optimizing the use of internet, photo voice, games, focused group discussion (FGD), and observation. Conclusions: Structured programs of two-to-three-hour sessions found to be very effective.

scholarly journals Sexual and reproductive health education and its association with ever use of contraception: a cross-sectional study among women in urban slums, Accra

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul-Aziz Seidu ◽  
Edward Kwabena Ameyaw ◽  
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah ◽  
Leonard Baatiema ◽  
Samuel Dery ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Urban Slums ◽  
P Value ◽  
Odds Ratios ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Contraception Use ◽  
Reproductive Health Education

Abstract Background Sexual and reproductive health education among girls and women has several reproductive health benefits, including improved contraceptive knowledge, contraception use at first intercourse, increased chance of contraceptive use in a lifetime, and effective usage of contraceptives. It is however not clear whether women/girls in urban slums who have had sexual and reproductive health education would likely utilize contraception. This study sets out to test the hypothesis that Accra slum women who have had sex education have higher chances of ever using contraception. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among reproductive aged women in two slums (i.e. Agbogbloshie and Old Fadama) in Accra, Ghana. A sample size of 691, made up of respondents who provided responses to the question on ever used contraception, sex education as well as those with complete information on all the other variables of interest was considered in this study. Binary logistic regression models were fitted to examine association between sexual and reproductive health education and ever use of contraception. Crude odds ratios (cOR) and adjusted odds ratios (aOR) at p-value less than 0.05 were used to assess the strength of the association between the outcome and independent variables. Results More than half (56.73%) of the women have never received sexual and reproductive health education. Most of the respondents (77.28%) had ever used contraceptives. Women who had no form of sexual and reproductive health education had lower odds of ever using contraception (OR = 0.641, 95% CI 0.443, 0.928) and this persisted after controlling for the effect of demographic factors (AOR = 0.652, 95% CI 0.436, 0.975] compared to those who have ever received any form of sex education. Non-married women as well as women who were exposed to media (newspapers/radio/television) were also more likely to use contraceptives in slums in Accra, Ghana. Conclusion The study revealed a relatively low prevalence of sex education among women in urban slums in Accra. However, sex education was found to increase the odds of ever use of contraception. These findings call for intensified sexual and reproductive health education among reproductive aged girls and women in urban slums in Accra using existing informal social networks and local media platforms.

scholarly journals Analysıs Of Effect Of Reproductıve Health Educatıon And The Normal Sex Educatıon Currıculum On Undergraduate Students' Sexualıty In South-South Nıgerıa

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Christiana C. Ihejiamaizu ◽  
German E Anagbogu ◽  
Francisca N. Odigwe
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sexuality Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Reproductive Health Education ◽  
Sex Education Curriculum

The study is a comparative analysis of effect of reproductive health education and normal curriculum teaching on undergraduate students' sexuality. Research question was raised and converted to a hypothesis which states that there is no significant difference between the effects of reproductive health education and normal sex education curriculum on undergraduate students sexuality. The study used a sample of four hundred (400) respondents randomly selected from the six federal universities in south-south zone of Nigeria. The design adopted was the quasi experimental design on a pre-test post-test control group with factorial arrangement. The result from the data analysis revealed that there was a significant difference between the effects of reproductive health education and normal sex education curriculum on undergraduate students' sexuality in all the treatment groups, but there was no significant difference given their access to the media and socio-economic background. Conclusion was drawn and it was recommended that a more comprehensive reproductive health education content be developed and explained as an informal educational programme for undergraduate students to curb the increase in the bottlenecks involved in the use of the sex education content taught in most Nigerian schools.

scholarly journals PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN: A SCOPING REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Desi Asih Purwanti ◽  
Menik Sri Daryanti ◽  
Sri Sundari ◽  
Ahsanudin Attamimi
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Scoping Reviews ◽  
Reproductive Health Education ◽  
Parents Involvement

Background: Parents play important role  for educationg children about sexual and reproductive health. Sexual and reproductive health education is very important to be provided for children in early age, so that they could protect themselves from  sexual violence. However, the information about sexual and reproductive health should be taught by parents so that children do not misstep in their lives. Objective: to review the evidence of parenting involvement in adolescent sexual and reproductive health education. Methods: The method of scoping reviews have adopted the framework of Arksey and O'Malley (2005), the steps of framework are (1) The identification of scoping review questions, (2) The identification of relevant articles, (3) The selection of articles,  (4) Data Charting , (5) Maping, collating and summarizing. The writer searches for articles in 3 databases and selects the original article for review. The article theme focuses on the parents involvement in sexual and reproductive health education against children in developing countries that conducted in 2009-2019.  Findings: Out of the 8 selected articles. Five themes of scoping review are the factors that influence parent and child communication, such as age, gender, education, social, economic, generation and relationship of family gaps. The obstacle of providing reproductive health education and sexual in children due to parents are ashamed, uncomfortable , lack of knowledge , and the influence of culture and norms. HIV/AIDS is a topic that is often discussed by parents. Knowing about sex education is important for children, while parents and teachers are sources of this information. In order to teach sexual and reproductive health education well, parents need good communication and improve their knowledge.  Conclusion: In order to provide sexual and reproductive health education, there are several factors and barriers that affect the communication of parents and children. Parents only discuss sexual and reproductive health issues generally. They also teach their children about the dangers of premarital sex.

PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI PADA PEER GROUP (TEMAN SEBAYA) TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN PERSEPSI REMAJA TENTANG PENDEWASAAN USIA PERKAWINAN DI SMA NEGERI 1 KECAMATAN NAMORAMBE KAB. DELI SERDANG 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-66
Author(s):  
Irma Linda
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
A Value ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Reproductive Health Education ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Adolescent Perceptions

Background: Early marriages are at high risk of marital failure, poor family quality, young pregnancies at risk of maternal death, and the risk of being mentally ill to foster marriage and be responsible parents. Objective: To determine the effect of reproductive health education on peer groups (peers) on the knowledge and perceptions of adolescents about marriage age maturity. Method: This research uses the Quasi experimental method with One group pre and post test design, conducted from May to September 2018. The statistical analysis used in this study is a paired T test with a confidence level of 95% (α = 0, 05). Results: There is an average difference in the mean value of adolescent knowledge between the first and second measurements is 0.50 with a standard deviation of 1.922. The mean difference in mean scores of adolescent perceptions between the first and second measurements was 4.42 with a standard deviation of 9.611. Conclusion: There is a significant difference between adolescent knowledge on the pretest and posttest measurements with a value of P = 0.002, and there is a significant difference between adolescent perceptions on the pretest and posttest measurements with a value of p = 0.001. Increasing the number of facilities and facilities related to reproductive health education by peer groups (peers) in adolescents is carried out on an ongoing basis at school, in collaboration with local health workers as prevention of risky pregnancy.

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