Author:
Awang Halimah,Low Wah Yun,Tong Wen Ting,Tan Lih Yoong,Cheah Whye Lian,Benedict Lasimbang Helen,Mohd Hassan Hamizah
Abstract
SummaryThe aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of
East Malaysian adolescents on sexual and
reproductive health issues. Data were collected in
March–July 2015 from 2858 adolescents aged 13–18
years from selected East Malaysian secondary schools
using a self-administered questionnaire. Twelve
items relating to sexual and reproductive health
were used to measure respondents’ knowledge based on
their responses ‘True’, ‘False’ or ‘Don’t know’,
with the proportion of correct answers being the
variable of interest. Cronbach’s alpha for the
twelve items was 0.761 and the mean knowledge score
was 6.8. While the majority of the respondents knew
that a woman can get pregnant if she has sex with a
man and that HIV and AIDS can be transmitted through
sexual intercourse, knowledge about Malaysia’s
abortion laws, that a woman can get pregnant if she
has sex only once and that people with sexually
transmitted infections may look healthy was poor.
Older respondents and those from urban schools
reported significantly higher knowledge than younger
respondents and those from rural schools,
respectively. More emphasis should be given in
schools to the specific topics for which low levels
of sexual and reproductive health knowledge were
found, with greater attention being given to younger
adolescents and those in rural areas.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Social Sciences
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