An investigation on the status of education and health service related to sexual and reproductive health among early adolescent students / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective Toanalyzethestatusofeducationandhealthservicerelatedtosexualandreproductivehealthamong early adolescent students in Zhejiang Province and to provide scientific evidence for puberty education and health service. Methods Across-sectionalsurveywasconductedamong1312primarystudentsfromgrade4to6inZhejiangProvince, with stratified cluster sampling method.A self-made questionnaire was used to collect the information of their demographic characteristics and the utilization and demand situation of education and health service related to sexual and reproductive health.Results Amongthestudents,37.33percentofthestudentshadnevergotthesexualandreproductivehealth knowledge from school,and only 32.92 percent of them said that their school had provided adolescent health care service, and 34.32 percent of them was not satisfied with this service.And 48.75 percent of them said that their parents had never communicated SRH topics with them,meanwhile,35 .94 percent of them had never asked their parents SRH questions,and only 16.96 percent of them felt easy when they communicate SRH topics with their parents,and only 23.69 percent of them hope to communicate SRH topics with their parents.Meanwhile,59.65 percent of them had never communicated SRH topics with their peers,and 10.67 percent of them had gone to hospital due to pubertal development and reproductive health problems,and 59.41 percent of them thought it necessary to open adolescent reproductive health clinics in society. Conclusion Schooleducation,familyeducation,peereducationandsocialhealthservicerelatedtosexualand reproductive health among early adolescent students is relatively backward,and there is a big gap between the existing service and the demand of adolescents.