"A Study To Determine The Relationship Between Selected Demographic Variables And Its Effect On The Knowledge Of Adolescent Girls Regarding Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Girls Of Selected Schools In And Around Karad City".

Introduction: More than quarter of worlds population is between the ages of 10 to 24, with 86% living in less developed countries. These young generation are tomorrows parents. The reproductive health decisions they make today will affect the health & wellbeing of their communities & of their countries for decades to come.(1) In this research study adolescent will learn about changes during adolescence & why it is important to deal with health problems of adolescents regarding reproductive health. Material and Methods: Evaluative approach. This study conducted in the Marathi medium school in and around Karad city. Using one group pre & post test design was used. Non-probability Purposive sampling technique was used. Sample size was 785 adolescent girls. On 1st day pretest included knowledge of adolescent girl on reproductive health through structured questionnaires, effective educational intervention package was administered followed by post test on 7th day. The data was collected, tabulated and analyzed in terms of using the objective of study was to determine the relationship between selected demographic variables and its effect on the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding reproductive health. Result: considering age factor 'p' values at both times <0.0001 which is considered extremely significant, this was indication of improvement in after Adolescent health interventional package, considering standard has some association with pre and post intervention on knowledge of adolescent girl, considering birth order, no. of siblings, age of menarche and source of information 'p' values at both times >0.05 which is not significant, this was indication of similar improvement in after Adolescent health interventional package Conclusion: There was association between age and standard of adolescent girls with pre and post intervention on knowledge of adolescent girls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]