1. Effectiveness of interventional reproductive and sexual health education among school going adolescent girls in rural area.
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Phulambrikar, Rutuja, Kharde, Anup, Mahavarakar, Varsha, Phalke, Deepak, and Phalke, Vaishali
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AGE distribution , *HEALTH education , *HEALTH occupations students , *SEXUAL health , *MENSTRUATION , *RURAL conditions , *HUMAN sexuality , *SEX distribution , *STUDENT attitudes , *TEENAGERS' conduct of life , *WOMEN'S health , *REPRODUCTIVE health , *HUMAN services programs , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Background: Most adolescents lack access to age- and sex-appropriate health information which is vital for young people to make informed decisions about their reproductive sexual health. Objectives: The study objective was to study the effectiveness of the interventional reproductive and sexual health education on knowledge, attitude, and menstrual practices of school-going adolescent girls. Materials and Methods: It was an interventional study consisting of a pretest, intervention session, and posttest conducted among 400 school-going adolescent girls in a rural area of Maharashtra. Results: There was a statistically significant increase in knowledge, attitude, and practice median scores following intervention (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Age- and sex-appropriate health education programs can facilitate the development of healthy reproductive and sexual behavior patterns among adolescents through the enhancement of knowledge and development of right attitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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