Volume : 09, Issue : 01, January – 2022

Title:

34.KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MENSTRUATION AND PUBERTY AMONG YOUNG ADOLESCENT GIRLS

Authors :

Mahrukh Saleem, Dr. Kabir Ozigi Abdullahi

Abstract :

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to assess knowledge about Menstruation and Puberty of young Adolescent girls of Ali Razabad community, Lahore
Material and Method: It is a community based cross sectional study conducted among young adolescent girls in community AliRazabad, Lahore. Data analysis done by using SPSS version 21 and 133 participants were included in this study. The time duration of this study was approximately 5 months to complete.
Results: Data collected from 133 participants total questionnaires were 18, for correct option give 1 score and for incorrect option give 0 score, the data analysis consist of two part the first part is demographic and second part consist of questionnaires. Knowledge of young adolescent girls about menstruation and puberty were scored in 89% of young adolescent girls have poor knowledge.
Conclusion: In this study majority of young adolescent girls had poor knowledge about menstruation and puberty.
The young adolescent girls had many misconceptions which can leads to many serious health issues. The demonstrate need to organize awareness programs to improve the knowledge of young adolescent girls in communities and also organize health programs in community to provide accurate information to mothers because mothers are the first source of information or playing a key role for their daughters.
Key words: Knowledge, Menstruation, Puberty, Adolescent, Community

Cite This Article:

Please cite this article in press Mahrukh Saleem et al, Knowledge About Menstruation And Puberty Among Young Adolescent Girls, Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2022; 09(01).

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