Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: October | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 265-270
Knowledge & Practice of Adolescent Girls Regarding Their Health & Right
Shakuntala Rai
Nursing Service Administration, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
ABSTRACT
Today adolescents comprise 20% of the world’s population, with more than 85% residing in developing countries. In Nepal, adolescents comprise more than one fifth (22%) of the total population of 23.15 million consisting of more than 100 caste/ ethnic groups. Adolescents aged between 10-19 years constitute a sizeable proportion of the total population of the country.
A descriptive study was adopted to find out the knowledge and practice of Adolescent Girls Regarding Their Health & Right. This study was conducted in BPKIHS, a tertiary level medical university in Nepal. All together 113 certificate level nursing students meeting eligibility criteria were included in the study. Semi structured questionnaire were used to collect data.. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (Percentage, Mean and SD)
Finding of this study shows that 79.64 % of respondents were found from late adolescent (17 – 19 years) and 19.46 were found from mid adolescent (15-16 years). Regarding knowledge most of the respondents (96.5%) had heard about HIV/AIDS, 95.57% had very good knowledge about temporary and 46.01% of respondents had very good knowledge about permanent method of family planning and 57.5% respondents had knowledge regarding homosexuality. Similarly 92% respondents told that their parent did not discriminate with their brother and 85.8% told that they were aware of their rights and 97.3% had told that they were right to be secure or 92% had told that they were free of all forms of discrimination.
Key words: Study, Knowledge, Practice, Adolescent Girls, Health & Right.