The knowledge about the adolescent girls’ genitals and hygiene who live in Sanliurfa, applications and factors that affect
Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 16, Issue 3
Abstract
This descriptive study aimed to determine the knowledge and practices regarding genital hygiene among adolescent girls in Şanlıurfa. The population of study was 42358 high school girl students. The sample calculated according the formula from the population was 600 girls. The high school girl students of each central districts of Şanlıurfa were determined according to the layered sampling method. The data were collected with questionnaire form and analysed with SPSS 11.5 package program using descriptive statistics an Chi-Square test. The ratio of girls who answered the definition of genital hygiene as partly true was 57.2%. 35 % of the girls expressed that they did not take any information about genital area and hygiene before. 54.9 % of participants answered cleaning styles of genital area as “front to back”. 74.8 % had itching problem in genital area. 75.2% of the students answered vaginal discharge as a normal condition. 37.3% had transparent and odorless discharge. The girls who employed healthy cleaning practices (use of both water and toilet paper) attended 1st grade (19.1%) and 3rdgrade (35.3%) in High Schools(X2= 17,121 p<0,01). In the study, the knowledge level and good practices regarding genital area health increased with increased socio-economic level, adolescent age and mother knowledge level and grade. The knowledge level and practices of genital health area were found as inadequate and lacking. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Bu araştırmanın amacı, Şanlıurfa’da adölesan dönemde kızların genital hijyen bilgi ve uygulamalarını belirlemektir. Araştırmanın evreni, 42358 liseye giden kız öğrencidir. Evreni bilinen örneklem formülüne göre araştırmanın örneklem büyüklüğü 600 kişidir. İlin merkez ilçeleri tabaka olacak şekilde tabakalı örneklem yöntemine göre her ilçede yer alan liseye giden kız öğrenci sayısı belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın verileri, anket formu ile toplanmıştır. Veriler, SPSS 11.5 paket programı ile tanımlayıcı istatistik ve ki kare test analizi ile değerlendirilmiştir. Genital hijyenin tanımını kısmen doğru tanımlayan kız oranı %57,2’dir. Daha önce “genital bölge ve hijyeni’’ konusu ile ilgili bilgi almadığını ifade edenlerin oranı %35,0’dır. Katılımcıların %54,9’u, genital bölgelerini “önden arkaya’’ doğru temizlediğini ifade etmiştir. Genital bölgesinde kaşıntısı olan kızların oranı %74,8’dir. Öğrencilerin %75,2’si vajinal akıntının normal bir durum olduğunu, %37,3’ü şeffaf ve kokusuz vajinal akıntıya sahip olduğunu belirtmiştir. Genital bölgeyi sağlıklı yöntem (su ve tuvalet kâğıdının birlikte kullanımı) ile temizleyen kızların %19,1’inin lise 1., %35,3’ünün lise 3.sınıfta okumaktadır (p<0,01). Adölesanların yaşı, gelir durumu, anne eğitim durumu ve sınıf düzeyi arttıkça genital bölge sağlığına ilişkin doğru bilgi ve uygulamaların arttığı saptanmıştır. Bu çalışmada genital bölge sağlığı ile ilgili bilgi ve uygulamalarının yetersiz ve eksik olduğu belirlenmiştir.
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Yasemin Yılmaz, Selma Kahraman
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