The Study on Perception of Legal and Social Issues Of Reproductive Health among Adolescent College Girls in Rural, Karimnagar, Telangana State
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Background: Adolescent reproductive health has been identified as a key strategy in the reproductive and child health-II program. All citizens are entitled to equal protection under the law. Lack of awareness about legal age of marriage is a common phenomenon in rural areas. Publicity of Child Marriage Restraint Act is also poor. Materials and Methods: This is a community-based cross-sectional study that was conducted between Septembers to November, 2017.164 adolescent girls in the age group of 15–19 years were interviewed with the help of pretested and semi structured questionnaire for qualitative findings in Manakondur Mandal (rural), District Karimnagar. Data entry was done in Microsoft excel and Statistical analysis by using Chi square and Fisher exact with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows, Version 21.0. Results: It was observed that 88.41% were aware about legal age of Marriage, 11.58% knew about the correct age of Child bearing. MTP Act was known to 18.30% of the respondents. Moreover Dowry prohibition and Domestic violence act was known to 54.26% and 82.31% of the respondents respectively. Logistic regression analysis shows the significant effect of education on awareness of legal age of marriage (P=0.049) and dowry prohibition act (0.0001) which is supported by qualitative findings. Conclusion: Information on the human reproductive system and related issues on reproductive health need special attention. Teachers’ sensitization to “adolescent health care” is required. Role of mass media in creating awareness about these issues in their routine programmes should be ascertained.
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Dr. J Rajamouli
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