Awareness of medical college students about the formation of reproductive health

Abstract

The study objective is to assess awareness of medical college students about formation of reproductive health. 80 female students from a medical college were surveyed concerning formation of their menstrual function; this survey was followed by an interview of 126 female students and 81 male students from medical colleges about their awareness of reproductive health protection and attitude to hygienic education regarding this topic. Data were processed using Statistica 13.0 (StatSoft, USA). 83.8% girls had their periods between 11 and 14, whereas in 7.5% of girls they started at the age of 15 and older. During the interview, 22.5% of girls had an irregular menstrual cycle. The conducted study revealed an insufficient awareness of students from a medical college of reproductive health formation. It produces a negative effect on their own health and will prevent subsequent effective hygienic education of different categories of population as far as this issue goes.