Effect of Health Instructions about Adolescents’ Reproductive Health on Knowledge and Practices of Deaf and Dumb Girls
4 affiliations
- 1Professors of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.
- 2Clinical Instructor in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt. Master Student in Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt
- 3Professors of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt
- 4Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.
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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BibTeX
@article{elkazeh2026effect,
title = {{Effect of Health Instructions about Adolescents’ Reproductive Health on Knowledge and Practices of Deaf and Dumb Girls}},
author = {Entisar Elkazeh and Amany Elbendary and Samia Khaton and Hend Elkest},
journal = {Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.21608/tsnj.2026.534044},
url = {https://doi.org/10.21608/tsnj.2026.534044},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Effect of Health Instructions about Adolescents’ Reproductive Health on Knowledge and Practices of Deaf and Dumb Girls
AU - Entisar Elkazeh
AU - Amany Elbendary
AU - Samia Khaton
AU - Hend Elkest
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/30
JO - Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal
DO - 10.21608/tsnj.2026.534044
UR - https://doi.org/10.21608/tsnj.2026.534044
AB - 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.
SN - 2735-5519
SN - 2314-5595
ER -