Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Jun 2023)

Assessment of Felt Needs Regarding Reproductive Health among Adolescent Girls in Schools Located in Urban Area

  • Rupali Narendra Baviskar,
  • Niteen Naganath Abhivant,
  • Malangori Abdulgani Parande,
  • Muralidhar Parshuram Tambe,
  • Namrata Dinkar Mule,
  • Minal Bhimrao Hatanpure,
  • Priyanka Hemant Salunke,
  • Ganesh Rajndra Jagadale,
  • Pawan Namdeorao Chavhan

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Introduction: Among adolescents, girls are more vulnerable than boys1. To promote these girls and for progress on all grounds, it has become very important to find out their problems and their felt needs. Aim: To assess the felt needs of adolescent girls of secondary schools in urban areas regarding reproductive health. Objectives: 1) To assess the felt needs of adolescent girls regarding reproductive health. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted over 6 months of period among 9th-class girls of 2 municipal secondary schools located in urban area. The sample size was calculated to be 139. Result: Felt need of a maximum (82%) of participants was that education about reproductive health should be provided to adolescent girls by a female doctor in school followed by (41%) confidential health check-up of girls regarding reproductive health issues. Conclusion: Present study reveals that the Primary felt needs of 9th-class girls in municipal schools of urban area is reproductive health education by a female doctor in school followed by confidential health check-ups for reproductive health issues.

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