Reproductive Health Awareness Among Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh
- 26 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Asia-Pacific journal of public health
- Vol. 20 (2), 117-128
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539507311328
Abstract
This article presents the status of rural Bangladeshi adolescent girls' awareness about reproductive health. Analysis of data revealed that a sizable proportion of adolescent girls had incorrect knowledge or misconceptions about the fertile period, reproduction, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS. Age, education either of adolescents or their mothers, residence, and exposure to mass media were the significant predictors of adolescent girls' knowledge about reproductive health. Strong efforts are needed to improve awareness and to clarify misconceptions about reproductive health. Improved access to mass media and education could improve rural Bangladeshi adolescent girls' awareness about reproductive health.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Associations Between Substance Use and Sexual Risk Among Very Young Men Who Have Sex With MenSexually Transmitted Diseases, 2006
- Early Marriage and HIV Risks in Sub‐Saharan AfricaStudies in Family Planning, 2004
- Sexually transmitted infections among married women in Dhaka, Bangladesh: unexpected high prevalence of herpes simplex type 2 infectionSexually Transmitted Infections, 2001
- Unsafe sexual behaviour among schoolgirls in Mozambique: a matter of gender and classReproductive Health Matters, 2001
- Reproductive-tract infections in women in low-income, low-prevalence situations: assessment of syndromic management in Matlab, BangladeshThe Lancet, 1999