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Adolescent Sexual Health

Abstract

Two one-week health promotion day camps on promoting a culture of health and educating girls aged 9-15 years about their bodies was effective in increasing girls' knowledge about their reproductive health, namely, ovulation and ovulation time, menstrual cycle and some of the negative consequences of sexually transmitted infections.

Author Details

Adejoke B. Ayoola, PhD, RN; Barbara Bosscher Timmermans, PhD, RN; Josephine Granner, BSN; Elise Veurink, BSN, RN -- Department of Nursing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; Donald Bryant, Bryant's Healthcare Solutions, Caledonia, Michigan, USA

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Unknown

Lead Author Affiliation

Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

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Research Approach

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Keywords:

Adolescent Girls, Health Promotion, Reproductive Knowledge

Conference Name

29th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Melbourne, Australia

Conference Year

2018

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Promotion of girls reproductive knowledge through a health camp intervention

Melbourne, Australia

Two one-week health promotion day camps on promoting a culture of health and educating girls aged 9-15 years about their bodies was effective in increasing girls' knowledge about their reproductive health, namely, ovulation and ovulation time, menstrual cycle and some of the negative consequences of sexually transmitted infections.