Abstract
Reproductive health (RH) is a critical component of women's health and overall well-being around the world, especially in developing countries. We examine the factors that determine knowledge of RH care among female university students in Bangladesh. Data on 300 female students were collected from Rajshahi University, Bangladesh through a structured questionnaire using purposive sampling technique. The data were used for univariate analysis, to carry out the description of the variables; bivariate analysis was used to examine the associations between the variables; and finally, multivariate analysis (binary logistic regression model) was used to examine and fit the model and interpret the parameter estimates, especially in terms of odds ratios. The results revealed that more than one-third (34.3%) respondents do not have sufficient knowledge of RH care. The χ (2)-test identified the significant (p < 0.05) associations between respondents' knowledge of RH care with respondents' age, education, family type, watching television; and knowledge about pregnancy, family planning, and contraceptive use. Finally, the binary logistic regression model identified respondents' age, education, family type; and knowledge about family planning, and contraceptive use as the significant (p < 0.05) predictors of RH care. Knowledge of RH care among female university students was found unsatisfactory. Government and concerned organizations should promote and strengthen various health education programs to focus on RH care especially for the female university students in Bangladesh.
Highlights
Adolescents constitute a large and important target population for sexual and reproductive health (RH) interventions.The Reproductive health (RH) has been a great concern for every woman
The distribution of the variables and associations of the factors with the knowledge level of RH care of the female university students are presented in Table 1.The results revealed that more than one-third (34.3%) of the respondents do not have sufficient knowledge about RH care
The bivariate analysis showed that the knowledge of RH care was statistically significantly (p < 0.05) associated with respondents’ age, education, family type, watching TV, knowledge about pregnancy, knowledge about family planning, and knowledge about contraceptive use
Summary
Adolescents constitute a large and important target population for sexual and reproductive health (RH) interventions.The RH has been a great concern for every woman. It implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe the sexual life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so.[1] RH programs and services are commonly targeted to women’s RH and offered their services exclusively to them especially with family planning, prevention of unwanted pregnancy, and maternal care during the pregnancy period, risky abortion and the improvement of safe motherhood.[2] RH occupies a central position in the identity of the health and is essential for sound economic development and poverty alleviation.[3,4] The RH care needs of young people in Bangladesh are one of the most under-researched aspects of our population This is concerning at a time when all communities in the world are threatened by morbidity and mortality due to the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Reproductive health (RH) is a critical component of women’s health and overall well-being around the world, especially in developing countries.We examine the factors that determine knowledge of RH care among female university students in Bangladesh
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