STUDY ON THE KNOWKEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICES  OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN A LUOI DISTRICT, THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the knowledge, attitudes, practices of reproductive health care among adolescent girls in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province and identify the related factors to reproductive health care in adolescent girls. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province. All 960 adolescent girls between 10 – 19 years old of 8 communes in A Luoi district participated in the study. Results: - The percentage of adolescents with not good knowledge, attitudes and practices on reproductive health care has accounted for fairly high as respectively: 85.9%, 73.9%, 68.4%. - The percentage of adolescents who have had sexual relative were 6.4%, in which 18% has used contraceptive methods. - The percentage of adolescents who get married early were 50% among adolescents who get married, the percentage of consanguineous marriage were 15.4%. - The percentage of pregnant adolescents were 4.9%. The proportion of adolescents with abortion were 0.1% - The percentage of lower genital tract infections in adolescents was 2.2%. - There is an a relationship between education level, adolescent stage with general knowledge on adolescent reproductive health care (p <0.05). - There is a relationship between ethnicity, education level, adolescent stage with the general attitude on adolescent reproductive health care (p <0.05). - There is a relationship between ethnicity, education level, adolescent stage, economic conditions, the condition of the family living at the percentage of general practice on adolescent reproductive health care (p <0.05) Conclusion: The knowledge, attitudes, practices of reproductive health care among adolescent girls are not good. There is an a relationship between education level, adolescent stage with general knowledge, general attitude and general practice on adolescent reproductive health care(p <0.05)There is need to enhance the communication and education reproductive health for aldolescent girls and enhance communication knowlegde and skills for reproductive health staff. Key words: adolescents, get married early, reproductive health