In a conservative society like Bangladesh, reproductive health education for adolescents is one of the less discussed issues. This qualitative study explored students’ reproductive health knowledge, perceptions, and behavior. The findings … Read More »

Increased education is the most important factor having a positive effect on the contraceptive use rate for adolescents. Additionally; regular participation in family decision-making, frequency of visits by family planning workers, … Read More »

In Bangladesh, adolescents are mostly deprived from reproductive health (RH) services, especially those who are unmarried. Generally, adolescents have low knowledge about sexuality and reproductive health in our society. Here, majority … Read More »

Less educated women and women with several marriages, tend to face more spousal violence. These abusive husbands have also married several times and mostly, they are addicted to alcohol or drugs. … Read More »

Only one in six adolescents had ever heard of AIDS. Multivariate analysis revealed that knowledge on AIDS was strongly and positively associated with education of female adolescents and their husbands and … Read More »

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health concerns have increasingly been on national agendas. For many countries, this concern has been driven by the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among young people. In other … Read More »

Now a days, the reproductive health of adolescents is growing concern. The reproductive health needs of adolescents have been largely ignored by the existing health services. Hence, there is a need … Read More »

Adolescents constitute a large and growing proportion of many Asian populations; thus, their knowledge and use of contraceptives have major implications for both public health and population growth. The analysis includes … Read More »

In the 20th century, adolescent pregnancy is rising. The rise in adolescent pregnancy has been influenced by declining age at menarche, increased schooling, delay of marriage, inadequate contraception and poverty. Most … Read More »

Adolescents have been identified as an under-served priority target group. Very little is known about the health needs of adolescents in Bangladesh in general. In order to assess the reproductive health … Read More »