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  "abstract": "Background: Deaf and dumb adolescent girls face considerable barriers to accessing accurateand understandable reproductive health information. Aim: to evaluate the effect of healthinstructions about adolescents' reproductive health on knowledge and practices of deaf and dumbadolescent’ girls at Tanta city. Design: A quasi-experimental study design was utilized. Setting:Alamal secondary school, Alamal primary and preparatory school for deaf and dumb students atTanta City, Gharbiya governorate. Subjects: All 71 deaf and dumb adolescent girls who haveprofound deafness and aged above 11years. Tools: structured interview schedule consisted offive parts. Part (1) Socio-demographic characteristics. Part (2) Medical and obstetric history. Part(3) Knowledge regarding reproductive health, adolescence phase, menstruation, fertility period,early marriage, premarital care and female circumcision. Part (4) Sources of information aboutreproductive health. Part (5) Reproductive self -care practices. Results: 100% of the studiedsample had a low level of knowledge pre-health instructions compared to 73.2% of them hadhigh level post health instructions with highly statistically significant improvement. Furthermore,98.6% of the deaf and dumb adolescent girls had an unsatisfactory practices pre-healthinstructions compared to 100% of them had satisfactory practices post health instructions.Conclusion and Recommendations: A structured, accessible, sign-language- supported healthinstructions using appropriate visual and practical teaching methods can significantly improvereproductive health knowledge and self-care practices among those girls. The findings emphasizethe importance of integrating accessible reproductive health education into school health servicesfor deaf and dumb adolescents.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Professors of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.",
    "Clinical Instructor in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt. Master Student in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt",
    "Professors of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt",
    "Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt."
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      "name": "Samia Khaton"
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  "published": "2026-10-30",
  "publisher": "Tanta University; Faculty of Nursing",
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  "title": "Effect of Health Instructions about Adolescents’ Reproductive Health on Knowledge and Practices of Deaf and Dumb Girls",
  "title_text": "Effect of Health Instructions about Adolescents’ Reproductive Health on Knowledge and Practices of Deaf and Dumb Girls",
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  "venue": "Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal",
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