Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 5

Reproductive Health Education Intervention to Impact Awareness and Decision Making among Parents and caregivers of Adolescent Girls with cerebral Palsy: A Systematic review

  • Author:
  • Arathi P Rao1,, Hitesh Shah2, Navya Vyas3, Ratheebai Vijayamma4, N Ravishankar5
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 120 to 124

1Coordinator, MPH Program, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

2Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

3Assistant Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

4Librarian, School of Communication, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

5Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

*Corresponding Author: Dr P Arathi Rao, Coordinator, MPH Program, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal-576104, Phone: +91-9008418848, Email: arathi.anil@manipal.edu

Online published on 4 June, 2019.

Abstract

To assess the effect of reproductive health education intervention on awareness and decision making among parents and care givers of girls with cerebral palsy

Parents of girls with cerebral palsy might have concerns regarding their child's reproductive health issues like delayed menarche, menstrual hygiene, pelvic infection, future pregnancy, contraception for fear of sexual abuse. A systematic review will help gain evidence and plan a contextual intervention to address the needs.

11 leading medical and social electronic databases were searched between June 2017 to January 2019 Study designs included were Cohort, randomised controlled trials, pre-test and post-test, Controlled before and after studies, Quasi-experimental with any form of education intervention. Primary outcomes searched were increase in level of awareness, attitude and health seeking behaviour for reproductive health issues.

Of the 1582 titles screened 4. abstracts were identified. 14 studies were found to have some relevant information but none of them revealed any statistical designed intervention answering the review question.

There is a paucity of literature which can show the effectiveness of health education interventions for parents to address reproductive health issues of girls with cerebral Palsy.

Keywords

Cerebral palsy girls, reproductive health education, parents and caregivers, adolescence, decision making