Peer-reviewed article
Intervention for the comprehension of menstrual cycle, body function and pregnancy in adolescents from rural context.
Lourdes Campero, Leticia Suárez-López, Lizeth Cruz-Jiménez ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study tested an educational intervention to improve adolescents' understanding of the menstrual cycle and pregnancy in rural communities. The intervention reduced incorrect answers about the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle by 22.1% compared to a control group. The research identified that knowledge is linked to factors including access to sexual and reproductive health education, gender equity, and awareness of contraceptive methods.
Key points
- The intervention group showed 22.1% average reduction in wrong answers about the menstrual cycle phase most likely to result in pregnancy compared to control group (p<0.001)
- Six factors were associated with better knowledge: marital status, right to education and sexual/reproductive health information, gender equity, condom use, condom self-efficacy, and knowledge of emergency and contraceptive pills
- The study highlights the need to improve basic reproductive biology knowledge as part of sexuality education in rural settings
Limitations
The document does not specify which rural communities or country was studied, making it difficult to assess generalisability. No information is provided about the intervention content, duration, or the sample size and age range of participants.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To measure the impact of an intervention on adolescents' knowledge of the phase of the menstrual cycle with more likelihood of pregnancy and identify its associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A quasi-experimental study in two rural communities. Difference-in-differences analyses was performed. RESULTS: There was a 22.1% average reduction in wrong answers on the phase of the menstrual cycle with more likelihood of pregnancy in the intervention group versus the control group (p<0.001). We founded six factors associated with this knowledge: marry and have children, right to receive education and information on sexual and reproductive health; gender equity; use of the condom; condom self-efficacy; emergency and contraceptive pills. CONCLUSIONS: There is a prevailing need to improve -among sexuality topics- basic knowledge of reproductive biology, while at the same time insisting on the benefits of using birth control methods provided for practicing responsible sexuality.
Findings the Hub has extracted
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- Intervention
- An educational intervention on menstrual cycle, body function, and pregnancy comprehension
- Population
- Adolescents from rural communities
Key finding
22.1% average reduction in wrong answers about the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle in intervention group versus control group (p<0.001)
Campero et al. · PubMed (US National Library of Medicine) · 1 Jan 2019