Awareness Regarding Reproductive Health and Personal Hygiene amongst Adolescent Girls

Asian Resonance(P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No.UPENG/2012/426228 VOL.-IV, ISSUE-I, January-2015  E: ISSN No. 2349-9443) 

Abstract


 Rekha Lande 

Head & Associate Professor , Deptt. of Home science, Shri Shivaji College of Arts, Commerce, and Science, Akola

Adolescents form a significant proportion of population in our country. Amongst five Indians is adolescent.Puberty is the universal experience of adolescent the timing of which vary depending on genetic, nutritional and health factors. There is increasing concern regarding the nutritional status of adolescent among nutritionists, health care professional’spoliticians, and administrators. Adolescent girls form the mothers to be who will be bringing for the next generation so it is important to know the health and nutritional status of this group to take up corrective actions in time to prevent high mortality & morbidity. In this context some of the aspects of health and nutritional status of adolescent girls and their reproductive health and awareness of it have been analyzed. Total 500 girls Students from secondary senior secondary schools were selected randomly from schools of Akola city .Data collected by questionnaire and interview method on physical changes and reproductive health, nutritional care personal hygiene. It is observed that 75% of girls belonged to Age 14 years & above age group. Minimum age for menarche was 11 years while maximum was 16 years. Age of menarche is affected by high standard of diet, also by biological and psychological factors & also exposure to psychosexual factors in urban areas. Awareness of adolescents regarding physical changes and reproductive health reveals that age-wise girls are slightly more informed & awareness has increased with the increase in level of education. A large percentage of rural and urban poor girls have deficit in body weight (below 75% of NCHS standard). The deficit is seen in much greater extend in both body mass index as well as body fat. It was seen that neither Adolescent girls nor their parents are conscious about the nutritional care of girls. Malnutrition is a problem that seriously impairs the health of Adolescents and adult women and has its roots in early childhood.

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