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Reproductive Health Status and Health Seeking Behavior of Adolescent Girls in Selected Urban Slum of Dhaka City in Bangladesh

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  • Syeda Saima Alam
  • Md Nahian Rahman

    (MS in Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

  • Md Ahad Mia

    (PhD Research Fellow, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Bangladesh)

  • Md Monoarul Haque
  • Khaleda Islam

    (Professor, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Abstract

Adolescent girls are the mothers of tomorrow and no edifice can be built on a foundation which is so weak. The purpose of this study was to assess reproductive health status and health seeking behavior of the adolescent girls. A cross-sectional study was carried out among adolescent girls 10-19 years (n=150) in the selected slum areas in Dhaka city. Structured questionnaires were used to obtain information on socio-demographic characteristics, reproductive health status and health seeking behavior. Based on this assessment, the majority of the girls (50%) were in the age group 10-13 years (early adolescence), while 30% were in the age group 14-16 years (middle adolescence) and 19.3% were in the age group 17-19 years (late adolescence). About 72.7% of the respondents were students and 24% of the adolescent girls worked in garments. The mean income of these slum households was approximately 19650 BDT per month. Among the adolescent girls, 58.7% of the girls suffered from general health problem while 34.7% of the girls suffered from reproductive health problem. Almost 34% of the girls did not seek treatment for their health problems. Those who sought for treatments were mainly dependent on pharmacy attendants (61.7%) for remedies. About 62% of the adolescent girls had an idea about menstruation cycle.

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  • Syeda Saima Alam & Md Nahian Rahman & Md Ahad Mia & Md Monoarul Haque & Khaleda Islam, 2018. "Reproductive Health Status and Health Seeking Behavior of Adolescent Girls in Selected Urban Slum of Dhaka City in Bangladesh," Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 5(3), pages 75-80, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjorm:v:5:y:2018:i:3:p:75-80
    DOI: 10.19080/GJORM.2018.05.555669
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