STUDY ON THE STATUS OF LOWER GENITAL TRACT INFECTIONS AMONG MINORITY ETHNIC ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN A LUOI DISTRICT, THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the knowledges, attitudes, practices of preventing lower genital tract infections among adolescent girls in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province and identify the percentage lower genital tract infections among 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 who do not know about symptom of lower genital tract infections were 71.6%. The percentage of adolescents who know itchy symptom were 21.3%. The percentage of adolescents who do not know the factors to cause disease were 51.9%. 34.1% adolescents who know poor menstrual hygien, 31.9% know poor hygien daily. - The percentage of adolescents who do not know the methods to prevent lower genital tract infections were 42.2%. The percentage of adolescents who know to go to health center when they have symptoms were 76.1%, however still have 31% adolescents do not know how will they do when they have symptoms. The percentage of adolescents who know there is need to education for them to prevent lower genital tract infections. 87.1% adolescents use fresh water to wash and hygien daily. 98.4% adolescents do genital hygien. The percentage of lower genital tract infections in adolescents was 2.2%. Conclusion: The knowledge of lower genital tract infection among adolescent girls are not good. The percentage of lower genital tract infections in adolescents was 2.2%. Key words: lower genital tract infections, A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province