Awareness of reproductive health protection issues among female students

Abstract

The study was aimed to define the female students’ awareness of the reproductive health protection issues. A survey was conducted in 2021–2022 in order to study the onset of menstrual cycles and age at menarche in 372 female students of medical and non-medical universities and colleges of the Central Federal District. The survey of 530 female students concerning their knowledge about the reproductive health protection issues and their attitude towards sexuality education for children and adolescents was also conducted. Statistical processing was performed using the Statistica 10.0 software package (StatSoft, USA). Insufficient knowledge about the reproductive health protection issues among students was reported: the contingency coefficient for the presence of real menstrual disorder and the students’ belief of having problems was low (Pearson contingency coefficient = 0.31, р ≤ 0.05).