Background of the study
Adolescence is the period of transition characterised by rapid physiological change and demand for new social roles. WHO defines infertility as failure to conceive a child after 12 months of attempted conception. Reducing female infertility rate is of prime importance for the happy family life. In order to lead healthy, responsible and fulfilling lives and protect themselves from reproductive health problems, young people need to be knowledge about themselves and the people they relate to and need sound information about female infertility as they have least knowledge regarding the aspect.
Objectives of the study
· To determine the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding female infertility in selected pre university colleges in Mangalore.
· To find out the association between knowledge score of adolescent girls on female infertility with selected demographic variables.
· To develop and distribute an information booklet about female infertility among adolescent girls
Method
Descriptive research approach has been adopted for this study. The sample consisted of 100 adolescent girls between the age group of 16 to 18 years, selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by administering structured knowledge questionnaire on female infertility prepared by investigators. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Result
The study reveals that 67% of the adolescent girls had good knowledge, 32% of the adolescent girls had average knowledge, 1% of the adolescent girls had poor knowledge. The mean percentage of knowledge of the adolescent girls regarding female infertility was 52.19%. The association of the knowledge score with demographic variable that is occupation of the sample’s mother (χ2=22.321, p<0.05). The result of the study shows that there is no significant association between the knowledge score with selected demographic variables.
