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Background: Adolescence is the stage at which health behavior is formed. Limited information about family life leaves adolescent girls susceptible to greater risks from sexual abuse, pregnancy, and violence. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the baseline knowledge regarding family life education with a greater emphasis on nutrition and subsequent change after intervention through family life education by the expert. Materials and Methods: Study design: It is a cross-sectional intervention study (pre and post). Study subject: Adolescent girls from 11 to 16 years were taken. Sample size: The sample size was 206. Sampling method: Lottery method. The pilot study was conducted from July 1, 2013, to August 31, 2013, among 50 adolescent girl students (20% of the sample size) from Zilla Parishad High School, Nidamanuru. Results: Of the 250 study subjects, 20 (8%) were age group of 11–12 years, 190 (76%) were 13–14 years were age group, and 40 (16%) were 15–16 years age group. Knowledge regarding small family norm was improved from 84.40% to 97.20% with educational intervention which is statistically highly significant (P < 0.05). Knowledge regarding increased demand for nutrition and iron during adolescence was improved from 39.20% to 92.40% after educational intervention which is highly statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The key to improved quality of life and stable family life lies in better understanding of nutritional, emotional, and physical requirements of life by the adolescent girl which is lacking but can be achieved by creating health awareness among them.
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The paper reviews the current National Policy of Social Welfare in Brazil and the work developed with families within the Brazilian social protection approach. It describes the Unified System of Social Welfare and explores the relationship of the Basic Social Protection to the Bolsa Família Program, the Brazilian program of conditional cash transfer to vulnerable families. It discusses the principles of the methodology for working with vulnerable families in the Unified System of Social Welfare and analyzes examples of social interventions. It argues that the work developed with families must be based on participatory and dialogical approaches, including follow-up methods, group dynamics, action-research, and other interventions. The paper concludes with questions regarding the use of a socio-educational methodology as a component of policies for vulnerability reduction, social development and the promotion of citizenship...
O documento analisa a atual Política Nacional de Assistência Social no Brasil e o trabalho desenvolvido com as famílias dentro da abordagem brasileira de proteção social. Descreve o Sistema Único de Assistência Social e explora a relação da Proteção Social Básica para o Programa Bolsa Família, o programa brasileiro de transferência condicional de renda para famílias vulneráveis. Ele discute os princípios da metodologia de trabalho com famílias vulneráveis do Sistema Único de Assistência Social e analisa exemplos de intervenções sociais. Argumentase que o trabalho desenvolvido com as famílias deve ser baseado em abordagens participativas e dialógicas, incluindo os métodos de acompanhamento, dinâmicas de grupo, pesquisa-ação e outras intervenções. O artigo conclui com perguntas sobre o uso de uma metodologia sócio-educativa como um componente de políticas de redução da vulnerabilidade, desenvolvimento social e da promoção da cidadania...
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Humans , Program Development/methods , Methods , Public Policy , Social WelfareABSTRACT
The study was conducted in seven private co-educational English-medium schools in Cochin to understand adolescent attitudes in this part of the country. Queries submitted by students (n=10660) and responses to separate pretested questionnaires for boys (n=886 received) and girls (n=589 received) were analysed. The study showed a lacuna of knowledge among adolescents with the most frequently asked queries being on masturbation, and sex and sexuality. More than 50% of adolescents received information on sex and sexuality from peers; boys had started masturbating by 12yr age and 93% were doing so by 15yr age. Although 73% of girls were told about menstruation by their parents, 32% were not aware, at menarche, that such an event would occur and only 8% were aware of all aspects of maintaining menstrual hygiene. 19% of boys succumbed to peer pressure into reading/viewing pornography; more than 50% of adolescents admitted to having had an infatuation around 13 yrs of age or after. 13% of boys admitted to having been initiated into smoking by friends; mostly between 14-16 yrs age; 6.5% boys had consumed alcohol with peers or at family functions, starting between ages of 15 to 17yrs. Though >70% of adolescents were aware about AIDS, adequate knowledge about its spread and prevention was lacking.