Abstract:ObjectiveTo analyze the status of education and health service related to sexual and reproductive health among early adolescent students in Zhejiang Province and to provide scientific evidence for puberty education and health service. MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1 312 primary students from grade 4 to 6 in Zhejiang Province, with stratified cluster sampling method. A self-made questionnaire was used to collect the information of their demographic characteristics and the utilization and demand situation of education and health service related to sexual and reproductive health. ResultsAmong the students, 37.33 percent of the students had never got the sexual and reproductive health knowledge from school, and only 32.92 percent of them said that their school had provided adolescent health care service, and 34.32 percent of them was not satisfied with this service. And 48.75 percent of them said that their parents had never communicated SRH topics with them, meanwhile, 35.94 percent of them had never asked their parents SRH questions, and only 16.96 percent of them felt easy when they communicate SRH topics with their parents, and only 23.69 percent of them hope to communicate SRH topics with their parents. Meanwhile, 59.65 percent of them had never communicated SRH topics with their peers, and 10.67 percent of them had gone to hospital due to pubertal development and reproductive health problems, and 59.41 percent of them thought it necessary to open adolescent reproductive health clinics in society. ConclusionSchool education, family education, peer education and social health service related to sexual and reproductive health among early adolescent students is relatively backward, and there is a big gap between the existing service and the demand of adolescents.
李丹, 邹艳, 顾昉, 孟佳, 章荣华. 浙江省青少年青春早期性与生殖健康教育现况调查[J]. 预防医学, 2016, 28(4): 340-345.
LI Dan, ZOU Yan, GU Fang, MENG Jia, ZHANG Rong-hua. An investigation on the status of education and health service related to sexual and reproductive health among early adolescent students. Preventive Medicine, 2016, 28(4): 340-345.