Level of Knowledge of Sudanese Adolescents about Reproductive Health (RH) and Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs)

In this paper we found respondents' level of knowledge about maturation signs was low. Only one-third of the respondents knew the exact meaning of family planning and they lacked basic knowledge of the reproductive process: the majority did not know how to determine the fertile period in women;...

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Published in:The Ahfad journal 2006-06, Vol.23 (1), p.66
Main Authors: Moukhyer, M E, J Th M van Eijk, Bosma, H, de Vries, N K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Family planning
Female circumcision
Knowledge
Maturation
Reproductive health
Teenagers
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Summary:In this paper we found respondents' level of knowledge about maturation signs was low. Only one-third of the respondents knew the exact meaning of family planning and they lacked basic knowledge of the reproductive process: the majority did not know how to determine the fertile period in women; almost half of the respondents had never heard of family planning; knowledge about STDs was limited. The majority of females were circumcised (89.6%). Almost for half of the circumcised female respondents, the procedure was carried out between the ages of six and ten years. More than one-third reported some sort of complications, following mutilation. However, almost two-fifths of the respondents believed that circumcision is a prerequisite for marriage ability. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0255-4070