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Level of knowledge of Sudanese adolescents about reproductive health (RH) and harmful traditional practices (HTPs).
Ahfad Journal, June, 2006 by Bosma H.; de Vries, N.K.; Moukhyer, M. E.; van Eijk, J.Th. M.
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Abstract:
In this paper we found respondents' level of knowledge about maturation signs was low. Only one-third of the respondents knew the exact meaning of family planning and they lacked basic knowledge of the reproductive process: the majority did not know how to determine the fertile period in women; almost half of the respondents had never heard of family planning; knowledge about STDs was limited. The majority of females were circumcised (89.6%). Almost for half of the circumcised female respondents, the procedure was carried out between the ages of six and ten years. More ...
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