1. Level of Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge and Attitude Among Early Adolescent
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Nurjasmine Aida Jamani, Nur Ili Dalia Mohd Ali Hanafiah, Syazwana Amirah Che Ujang, Karimah Hanim Abd. Aziz, and Nur Wajihah Lahasan
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Descriptive statistics ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Taboo ,Human sexuality ,General Medicine ,Adolescent age ,language.human_language ,Health care ,language ,Household income ,business ,Psychology ,Malay ,Reproductive health ,Demography ,media_common - Abstract
Introduction: Topic on sexuality has largely remained a taboo subject for discussion between parents and their children in Malaysia, which might contributed to increase sexual activity among adolescent age group. This study was undertaken to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and their associated factors among standard 4 and 5 students in a primary school in Kuantan, Pahang. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 281 students from standard 4 and 5 students using a self-administered validated Malay version KAPSRH questionnaire. Universal sampling was used for selection of students who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Descriptive statistics was used to explain respondents' background characteristics and multiple logistic regression was used to find the association. Results: Of the 252 students completed the surveys, 135 were males and 117 were females with the mean age of 10.47. It was found that more that half students reported to have good knowledge (56.3%) and attitude (59.4%) towards sexual and reproductive health. Year of study (p
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- 2018
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