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标题：The knowledge about the adolescent girls’ genitals and hygiene who live in Sanliurfa, applications and factors that affect
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作者：Yasemin Yılmaz
期刊名称：International Journal of Human Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1303-5134
出版年度：2019
卷号：13
期号：3
页码：823
DOI：10.14687/jhs.v16i3.5678
出版社：International Journal of Human Sciences
摘要：This descriptive study aimed to determine the knowledge and practices regarding genital hygiene among adolescent girls in Şanlıurfa. The population of study was 42358 high school girl students. The sample calculated according the formula from the population was 600 girls. The high school girl students of each central districts of Şanlıurfa were determined according to the layered sampling method. The data were collected with questionnaire form and analysed with SPSS 11.5 package program using descriptive statistics an Chi-Square test. The ratio of girls who answered the definition of genital hygiene as partly true was 57.2%. 35 % of the girls expressed that they did not take any information about genital area and hygiene before. 54.9 % of participants answered cleaning styles of genital area as “front to back”. 74.8 % had itching problem in genital area. 75.2% of the students answered vaginal discharge as a normal condition. 37.3% had transparent and odorless discharge. The girls who employed healthy cleaning practices (use of both water and toilet paper) attended 1st grade (19.1%) and 3rdgrade (35.3%) in High Schools(X2= 17,121 p<0,01). In the study, the knowledge level and good practices regarding genital area health increased with increased socio-economic level, adolescent age and mother knowledge level and grade. The knowledge level and practices of genital health area were found as inadequate and lacking.