Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE RELATED TO RISKY HEALTH BEHAVIOR AMONG ADOLESCENTS

Dr. D. Prince Annadurai

Abstract :

Adolescents’ risky health behaviors have both short–term and long–term consequences, and interventions that focus on multiple domains of risk may be the most effective in helping to promote oad reproductive health among young adults. This study was conducted with an aim to assess the knowledge and practice related to risky health behaviour among adolescents and to find out whether any difference exists between gender and age groups with regard to their risky health behaviour. The study was conducted in three districts of Tamil Nadu and was descriptive in nature. An interview schedule was used as tool of data collection. The total sample size was 628. Four Hundred young boys and girls (School students) in the age group of 11–18 years were selected from the schools by using Simple Random Lottery method. Then, 258 young boys and girls in the age group of 18–25 years (late adolescents) were selected from out of schools by using Purposive sampling. 3 FGDs for men and 3 FGDs for women were conducted for qualitative phase. The significant findings were, knowledge on menstruation is very poor among both male and female respondents, both the male and female respondents were not highly aware of changes that women experience during menstruation, male respondents had slightly better aware of the changes that women experience during menstruation, awareness on items used during menstruation was high among female respondents and mostly they were not shå toilet with other household as open defecation is largely prevalent. It was suggested that the parents school teachers and PHC staff, PRIs, ICDS, Anganwadis have crucial roles to play in creating knowledge on risky healthy behaviours among adolescents as well as monitoring them regularly.

Article: Download PDF    DOI : https://www.doi.org/10.36106/paripex  

Cite This Article:

KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE RELATED TO RISKY HEALTH BEHAVIOR AMONG ADOLESCENTS, Dr. D. Prince Annadurai PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-1 | January-2020


Number of Downloads : 151


References :