الفهرس 
Reproductive health
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Abstract
This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude
of adolescent females regarding reproductive health.
Descriptive study carried out at technical institute of
nursing, Ain Shams University and faculty of Nursing Ain
Shams University. Purposive sample, 190 adolescents
female, their age ranged between 17 to 21 years in first
academic year.
A pilot study was done on 10% of total sample size
(19) student under study to evaluate applicability and
reliability of the constructed tools. Data collected within 5
months from September 2015 until January 2016 in the first
academic semester.
The data had been collected by using Selfadministered questionnaire sheet to assess personal data of
studied sample and knowledge related to reproductive
health issues and likert attitude scale to assess student’s
attitude regarding reproductive health issues.
The results of present study revealed that:
- Total knowledge score of adolescent (65.8%) had
satisfactory knowledge and (34.25%) of them had good
knowledge. The overall score of adolescent’s attitude toward RH
revealed that 100% had positive attitude.
- There were a statistically significant difference between
age, religion and knowledge about RH. In addition,
there were highly statistically significant difference
between residence, marital status, family size and
knowledge about RH.
- There were a highly statistically significant difference
between educational level of the mother, Father’s
occupation and knowledge about RH and also there
were statistically significant difference between
educational level of the father and level of knowledge
about RH.
- On the other hand there were highly statistically
significant relations between educational level of the
mother, father’s occupation and total attitude about RH.
Also there were statistically significant relation between
residence and total attitude about RH. There was
statistically significant positive correlation between
knowledge total score and attitude total score.The presented study concluded that:
Nearly two thirds of studied sample had fair
knowledge, more than one third of them had good
knowledge about reproductive health aspects and all of
them had positive attitude toward reproductive health
issues.
Recommendations
Based on the findings of the present study, the following
recommendations are suggested:
1-Develop reproductive health educational programs
targeted to adolescents and involve adolescents in the
design of reproductive health programs to ensure its
validity in satisfying their needs and to motivate them.
2- Establishing teaching courses to teachers in nursing
schools, institutes and faculties to enable them to tackle
the ―sensitive‖ reproductive health issues delivered to
adolescent girls and putting this section as the first part
of the curriculum.
3-Further researches are needed to aassess effect of parentadolescent communication on adolescent reproductive
health matters.
4- Further researches are needed to investigate adolescents’
barriers for utilization of reproductive health services.