Awareness Level of Adolescent Girls Regarding HIV/AIDS (A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Areas of Jammu)

Mahajan, Payal; Sharma, Neeru

doi:10.1080/09709274.2005.11905798

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“…16 Several studies in Indian literature have raised issues on the awareness of reproductive and sexual health in adolescents. 4,[6][7][8] Study conducted by Kotecha et al documented that, two-third percentage of boys and girls had information of HIV/AIDS, and about half of them correctly knew various modes of transmission of HIV in both urban and rural areas. [11] In our study, 98% students were aware of sexually transmitted diseases and more than 90% knew the correct route of transmission.…”

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“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Therefore this study was conducted to understand the health awareness and behavior among adolescents studying in a rural school.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…4,[6][7][8]11 Overall the adolescent health awareness in a rural school setup was high. This could be due to the educational and health policies of the local school and also may be due to health related initiatives of Government of India at community level in rural areas.…”

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Health awareness and behavior among adolescent students in a rural school: a cross sectional observational study

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2015

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confidence: 99%

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Therefore this study was conducted to understand the health awareness and behavior among adolescents studying in a rural school.…”

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Health awareness and behavior among adolescent students in a rural school: a cross sectional observational study

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2015

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“…7 Many diseases can occur by lack of awareness, myths, hence there is need for creating awareness among these vulnerable groups. 8 Adolescent girls also lack adequate knowledge about sexual matter and contraception which results in early pregnancy, maternal morbidity and mortality and unsafe abortions. 9 Twenty seven percent of adolescent mothers have reported an unmet need for contraception.…”

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Awareness about reproductive health, contraceptive methods, STDs including HIV/AIDS, and HPV vaccine, among adolescent girls in district Faridkot in Punjab

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Garg

Rupali

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Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Adolescents are more vulnerable than adults to unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Female adolescents have a higher risk of contracting an STD than their male counterparts. Hence creating awareness in them about reproductive health is the need of the hour.Methods: This was a cross sectional school based Study which was conducted in various schools of Faridkot city of Punjab where 400 Adolescent girls of class 11th and 12th age between 16-19 years, studying in English medium schools in district Faridkot through predesigned multiple choice questionnaires.Results: In our study, most of the girls (67%) were not aware about the meaning of reproductive health. Amongst contraceptive methods, 62.5% knew about condoms. The awareness about STDs was highest about HIV/AIDS (70.75%) and low (less than 20%) for other STDs. They also scored low about symptoms and route of transmission of STD’s. Only 17% of the girls knew about HPV vaccine. Attitude towards sex education was positive.Conclusions: Poor knowledge in girls about Reproductive Health and STDs (other than HIV/AIDS) is of serious concern. Therefore, education about reproductive health should be incorporated in the curriculum which should be given through teaching, interpersonal communication, television, health camps and specialist.

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“…High incidence of accidental exposures and complete ignorance of post-exposure prophylaxis guidelines was another highlight of this study 2 . Assessment of awareness level is important because it helps to determine the impact of previous awareness & prevention efforts made by the government 1 .…”

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A Study on Hiv/Aids Knowledge Among Nursing Students of Tertiary Care Hospital, Bhopal

Balpande¹,

Gupta²,

Agarwal³

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Awareness Level of Adolescent Girls Regarding HIV/AIDS (A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Areas of Jammu)

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Health awareness and behavior among adolescent students in a rural school: a cross sectional observational study

Health awareness and behavior among adolescent students in a rural school: a cross sectional observational study

Awareness about reproductive health, contraceptive methods, STDs including HIV/AIDS, and HPV vaccine, among adolescent girls in district Faridkot in Punjab

A Study on Hiv/Aids Knowledge Among Nursing Students of Tertiary Care Hospital, Bhopal

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