Reproductive Health Knowledge with Academic Context: A Study on Teenaged High School Girls of Pabna municipality, Bangladesh

Abstract

Regarding human development context adolescence period have a significant role in human life. On this time the teenager specially, the teenaged girl has to suffer on some physical change. That means a girl going on development on reproduction. Unconsciousness, shyfeeling, use of unhygienic equipment, lack of sharing is responsible for different type of health complexity like; urinary tract infection, cervical cancer, multiple sexually transmitted disease, unwanted pregnancy, toxic shock syndrome etc. The main purpose of the study to overcome hazard in adolescent period of teenage girls at school stage through the combined effort with well-trained teacher, student and curriculum. In this context Pabna municipality, Bangladesh contained numbers of government and non-government school where teenaged girls (13-19 years) are studying specially 8th to 10th class considered for research respondent. The study is quantitative in nature. Data has been collected through a structured questionnaire and collected data uphold the scenario of reproductive health knowledge among adolescent girls. On the basis of data analysis finally, a set of recommendations have been made for adolescent girls to reduce reproductive health complexity and maintained sound health at adolescent period. The present study explore that72.5% have no knowledge about reproductive health and. majority of the High school student “Girls” (67.5%) have no knowledge about their reproductive health disease for many barriers and 85% of the respondents have no knowledge about reproductive complexity. About 55% the teachers are fewer co-operative to spontaneously teach to reproductive health knowledge. Minority of the respondent gain knowledge from school (7.5%). The reproductive health knowledge and consciousness spreads in adolescent girls in school stage then it can play an important role to eliminate multiple complexities in adolescent period. In this situation government, effective step can help to reducing adolescent complexity by recruiting well trained teacher. By educating adolescent girls and maintaining healthy relation between teachers and students can contribute to reduce complexity of teenagers.