Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal

Reproductive Hygiene should be looked at through a lifecycle approach as it affects both men and women from infancy to old age. According to UNFPA, Reproductive Hygiene at any age profoundly affects health later in life. The life cycle approach incorporates the challenges people face at different times in their lives such as family planning, services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and early diagnosis and treatment of reproductive health illness. Reproductive Hygiene is defined as the state of physical, mental and social well being in all matters relating to the reproductive system, at all stages of life. It is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity.

Reproductive Hygiene implies that people are able to have a responsible, satisfying and safer sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and that they have the capability to reproduce and freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. One interpretation of this implies that men and women ought to be informed of and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of birth control.

A study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on Reproductive Hygiene among female college students in Dhanalakshmi Engineering College, Poonchery, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. The study was conducted with the aim to improve the knowledge on Reproductive Hygiene among the college students. A Qusai Experimental study was conducted and the sample was consisted of a total of 100 female college students. The tool used for this study was structured questionnaire.

The data of the study was collected after conducting video assisted teaching on Reproductive Hygiene. There was a significant increase in the knowledge level of college students on Reproductive Hygiene.