Abstract :
Background: Adolescents (10-19 years) constitute about one-fifth of India’s population.
Adolescence proves to be one of the most crucial and vulnerable phase in the path of
human life cycle.1
The aim of the study was to assess school-going adolescents (15-19
years) knowledge, attitude and practices toward sexual and reproductive health and
understand their expectations from AFC (adolescent friendly clinics).
Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2015 in Mumbai, India, to assess the
perception, knowledge and attitude of adolescents toward sexual and reproductive health
(SRH). The self-administered questionnaire was filled by 100 adolescent boys and 100 girls
from two ITI schools.
Keyword :
Adolescence, Students, Menstrual hygiene, Sexual and reproductive health, ARSH.