The knowledge of rural adolescent girls in health parameters

Abstract

The present study was conducted with an objective to find out the knowledge of rural adolescent girls in health along with information sources used by them and problem faced by rural adolescent girls in seeking health information. The study was conducted in one randomly selected panchayat samiti Khamnor of Rajsamand district, Rajasthan. The four villages namely Kaliwas, Bilocha, Delwara, and Negadia were included in the study. The sample consisted of randomly selected 100 rural adolescent girls in the age of 15-18 years with primary education and unmarried. After consultation with subject matter specialists, different aspects of health were selected which includes general health and reproductive health. Interview technique was used for data collection and were analysed using frequency, percentage and mean percent scores.