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New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 2011; 44 (5): 469-478
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-166087

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This is a descriptive study aimed at assess factors that affect adolescent's girls using reproductive health services. It was conducted at Technical School of Nursing [Ain Shams University]. The sample was consisted of 130 out of 170 student who complained from reproductive health problem and aged 14-19 year and agreed to participate in the study using purposive sample technique. Two tools used for data collection consisted of structured interview questionnaire and Likert rating scale. Results revealed student's nurse age ranged between less than 16 up to 19 years with mean age [17.1 + 1.02] . Concerning distribution of the study sample regarding their reproductive health problem. It was found the majority of them [88.46%] were had reproductive health problem while the minority of them [11.54%] were free of reproductive health problem. As regard students' knowledge about reproductive health and its services it was observed that majority of them [76.92%] were had poor knowledge while the minority of them [9.23%] were had average knowledge, in regarding to source of RH knowledge [77.63%] were from their family while the minority [3.85%] were from social worker. Concerning distribution of the study sample regarding to socioeconomic factors which prevent adolescent's girl using reproductive health services. It was found [83.85%] of them were a shamed from being examined, [12.31%] of them were have large family size. Regarding distribution of the study sample related to services factors which prevent adolescent's girl using reproductive health services, It was observed that [60%] of them was refused gender of the doctor while [36.92%] medicines are unavailable. In Conclusion the present study drew attention to a critical point that the adolescents face many factors prevent them to use reproductive health services include factors related to adolescent as a shamed from being examined, fear from painful examination and fear from examination, factor related provider as lack of nurses and doctor care of these age group and factor related to services as no presence of reproductive health clinics for adolescents .also the adolescents had poor knowledge and negative attitude toward reproductive health services. So the researcher recommend conduction of awareness programs about [ARHS] adolescent reproductive health services for adolescent girls, their family, teachers at schools and the community. And increase programs that improve availability and accessibility of adolescent reproductive health clinics


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Humans , Female , Adolescent , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice/ethnology , Surveys and Questionnaires
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