Abstract
Adolescent girls are the mothers of tomorrow and no edifice can be built on a foundation which is so weak. The purpose of this study was to assess reproductive health status and health seeking behavior of the adolescent girls. A cross-sectional study was carried out among adolescent girls 10-19 years (n=150) in the selected slum areas in Dhaka city. Structured questionnaires were used to obtain information on socio-demographic characteristics, reproductive health status and health seeking behavior. Based on this assessment, the majority of the girls (50%) were in the age group 10-13 years (early adolescence), while 30% were in the age group 14-16 years (middle adolescence) and 19.3% were in the age group 17-19 years (late adolescence). About 72.7% of the respondents were students and 24% of the adolescent girls worked in garments. The mean income of these slum households was approximately 19650 BDT per month. Among the adolescent girls, 58.7% of the girls suffered from general health problem while 34.7% of the girls suffered from reproductive health problem. Almost 34% of the girls did not seek treatment for their health problems. Those who sought for treatments were mainly dependent on pharmacy attendants (61.7%) for remedies. About 62% of the adolescent girls had an idea about menstruation cycle.
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