Study of knowledge, perception and attitude of adolescent girls towards STIs/HIV, safer sex and sex education: (A cross sectional survey of urban adolescent school girls in South Delhi, India)

McManus, Alexandra; Dhar, Lipi

doi:10.1186/1472-6874-8-12

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“…Twenty seven adolescents were aware of STIs and the majority of respondents (197 out of 200) had no knowledge about the signs and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections. Similar disturbing findings were given by McManus and Dhar et al (12) Some reported breast pain (7 out of 200) as symptoms of STIs in women.…”

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confidence: 85%

Reproductive Health Issues Amongst Adolescent Females Attending a Health Centre in Rural Haryana : A Wake Up Call

Yadav¹,

Batra²,

Egbert³

2015

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India's population of over one billion has 21.4%(243 million) adolescents (10-19 years). In India several programmes have been launched for the adolescents but issues like malnutrition, anaemia, sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancy are still prevalent. This study was carried out to find out the reproductive health issues concerning adolescent girls in rural Haryana and make state specific recommendations for improving the quality of health services for them. 200 adolescent females, who attended the OB-Gynae OPD of a medical college and research centre in rural Haryana, were included in the study. 88(44%)adolescents were married and there were only 8(4%) who were married before 18. 20% of the unmarried girls were getting higher education as compared to10.2%of the married girls. Married women came for antenatal check-up mostly while unmarried for menstrual irregularities followed by pain abdomen. Anaemia was rampant with 75% of the girls being anaemic and 3.5% being severely anaemic. Even though a large number had studied beyond middle school the awareness of STIs/HIV and contraception was poor. Awareness of STIs was found in15.8% of married and 12.5%, unmarried,however, only 2.7% of unmarried had any knowledge of the symptoms and none knew of any method of prevention of STIs. 30.44% of the unmarried and 29.5% of the married were aware of HIV/AIDS while only 16.1% of unmarried and 6.8% of the married knew about the methods of transmission. None knew that condoms could prevent the transmission. None of the sexually active respondents had used conventional contraception in the past. Logistic regression showed that increase in education increased the awareness regarding STIs and HIV but did not improve the knowledge. For increasing the knowledge of STIs and HIV control and prevention there needs to be a concerted effort in education that requires socio-cultural interventions and integration of steps by various stakeholders such as health, NGOs and education. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE:

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confidence: 85%

Reproductive Health Issues Amongst Adolescent Females Attending a Health Centre in Rural Haryana : A Wake Up Call

Yadav¹,

Batra²,

Egbert³

2015

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“…The premarital sexual practice is higher when compared to these studies because participants of this study are affected by peer pressure and living separated from their parents where family fear and control is not available [41][42][43].Being adolescent and early adulthood is characterized by different types of risky behaviors, including risky sexual practice, substance abuse and exposure to STIs [19]. Adolescents and college students premarital sex is increasing around the world many of which are risky, unplanned and unprotected [22][23][24]. The mean age of first sexual intercourse of the study participants at which 17.7 years which is higher than the study conducted at Addis Ababa was 12 years for boys and 14 years for girls [38].…”

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Premarital Sexual Practice and Associated Factors among Robe TVET Students at Robe Town, Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Southeast Ethiopia,2016

Tololu¹,

Belda²,

Worku³

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Background: Premarital sexual practice among unmarried preparatory, College & university level students have markedly increased recently in Ethiopia. Those students found in adolescent are recognized as most affected by sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS. Sexual activity among unmarried people who do not have access to information about reproductive health and birth control can also increase the rate of unwanted early pregnancy too. A cross sectional study among TVET students was conducted from April-May 2016.Three hundred eighty seven adolescent students were participated. A self-administered questionnaire was provided. The data were cleaned, entered, processed and analyzed using SPSS V.21. The results was summarized in frequencies and percentages and presented in tables, pie chart and graph. The prevalence of premarital sexual practice among the TVET students was 51.9%. Being Male, family monthly income, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking and chewing chat were factors associated with premarital sexual practice. Premarital sexual practice was more likely to occur among male adolescent students, [AOR 0.274, 95% (0.143, 0.525)]. Hence, this study showed that the prevalence of premarital sex practice among the study participants is higher (52%). Awareness creation should be done among TVET students to avoid unhealthy behaviors like substance use (drinking alcohol), watching videos that push them to start pre-marital sexual practice.

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“…While most of the high school students knew that it is spread by unprotected sexual intercourse and can be prevented by safe sexual prac ce 4 , majority of the university students felt that condom can protect them from HIV instead of limi ng sex to single partner and most of them were unaware regarding the mode of transmission of HIV 5 . In a similar Indian study, one third of the respondents felt HIV/AIDS could be cured 6 , likewise one third of Bangladeshi men did not know how to avoid AIDS and very less people knew that HIV can be transmi ed through infected blood and syringes 7 .…”

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Awareness about Sexually Transmitted Infections and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection among Patients with Genital Symptoms

Gyawalee

Pokhrel

2017

Nepal J Dermatol Venereol & Leprol

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Study of knowledge, perception and attitude of adolescent girls towards STIs/HIV, safer sex and sex education: (A cross sectional survey of urban adolescent school girls in South Delhi, India)

Cited by 89 publications

References 10 publications

Reproductive Health Issues Amongst Adolescent Females Attending a Health Centre in Rural Haryana : A Wake Up Call

Reproductive Health Issues Amongst Adolescent Females Attending a Health Centre in Rural Haryana : A Wake Up Call

Premarital Sexual Practice and Associated Factors among Robe TVET Students at Robe Town, Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Southeast Ethiopia,2016

Awareness about Sexually Transmitted Infections and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection among Patients with Genital Symptoms

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