1Assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecologic Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University/Egypt
2Assistant professor of community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University
American Journal of Nursing Research.
2015,
Vol. 3 No. 1, 21-28
DOI: 10.12691/ajnr-3-1-5
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Niven Basyouni, Amina Aly. Awareness of Adolescent Student Regarding Prenatal Risk Factors.
American Journal of Nursing Research. 2015; 3(1):21-28. doi: 10.12691/ajnr-3-1-5.
Correspondence to: Niven Basyouni, Assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecologic Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University/Egypt. Email:
dr.niven@hotmail.comAbstract
The present study aimed to identify awareness of adolescent student regarding prenatal risk factors. The study was carried out in a randomly selected six governmental secondary schools splinted into three schools for male students and the other three for female students. A stratified random sampling technique was used in choosing the study subjects; culminating to seven hundred and twenty students from them Six hundred completed the date collection period during the academic year 2013-2014. Two tools were developed and used to collect the necessary data. The Findings of the present study showed that generally students either were uncertain or had poor awareness regarding the different components related to prenatal care. The majority of students (73.5%) had a percent score lower less than 70% of the highest possible mean score concerning prenatal risk factors in relation to: genetic diseases, reproductive health, chronic diseases as well as nutrition /weight control. Moreover, the results reveals a statistically positive correlations between awareness percent score of students for almost all components of prenatal risk factors except for that between nutrition and environmental factors (r=0.061, p=0.135). The researchers recommended establishment of a youth friendly health center within each school.
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