“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ‘REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROMOTING STRATREGIES” ON PREVALENCE REGARDING REPRODUCTIVE MORBIDITIES AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP IN SELECTED AREAS OF DISTRICT JALANDHAR, PUNJAB”

Abstract

Background of the study: The prevalence rate of Reproductive Tract infections among women of 15-45 years and men aged 20-54 years,is increasing very fast rate in India as compared to  other developed countries.

Aims:  Current study had been planned and to be conducted in rural areas of district Jalandhar in a view to evaluate the efficacy of validated health promoting strategies on the prevalence regarding reproductive morbidities among selected group of women.

 Settings and Design: A quantitative research approach with nonequivalent pretest -posttest control group research design is used to assess the prevalence of reproductive morbidities among 88 women of aged 18-49 years who were selected through purposive sampling.

 Methods and Material: Two sections of the tool divided in to socio demographic variables and structured reproductive morbidity checklist to assess the selected self reported reproductive morbidities among the participants.

 Statistical analysis used: Mean, Standard deviations, Chi square test for homogeneity, Anova and t tests were applied to draw the results.

 Results: :  52.3% of women were having high prevalence of reproductive morbidities  in which highest was found in  menstrual disorders(88.6%), followed by reproductive tract infection and UTI(36.4%)respectively.  There was a reduction in the post intervention prevalence after the implementation of ‘Reproductive health promoting strategies’

 Conclusions: The prevalence of reproductive morbidities was found high among women of reproductive age group. ‘Reproductive health promoting strategies’ were effective in reducing the morbidity rate of selected reproductive disorders.