tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Reproductive health and quality of life of young Burmese refugees in Thailand"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Reproductive health and quality of life of young Burmese refugees in Thailand. | Benner et al. Conflict and Health 2010 4 5 http content 4 1 5 I CONFLICT AND HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Reproductive health and quality of life of young Burmese refugees in Thailand 1 2 11 1 3 Marie T Benner Joy Townsend Wiphan Kaloi Kyi Htwe Nantarat Naranichakul Saowalak Hunnangkul Verena I Carrara4 Egbert Sondorp5 Abstract Background Of the 140 000 Burmese refugees living in camps in Thailand 30 are youths aged 15-24. Health services in these camps do not specifically target young people and their problems and needs are poorly understood. This study aimed to assess their reproductive health issues and quality of life and identifies appropriate service needs. Methods We used a stratified two-stage random sample questionnaire survey of 397 young people 15-24 years from 5 183 households and 19 semi-structured qualitative interviews to assess and explore health and quality of life issues. Results The young people in the camps had very limited knowledge of reproductive health issues only about one in five correctly answered at least one question on reproductive health. They were clear that they wanted more reproductive health education and services to be provided by health workers rather than parents or teachers who were not able to give them the information they needed. Marital status was associated with sexual health knowledge having relevant knowledge of reproductive health was up to six times higher in married compared to unmarried youth after adjusting for socio-economic and demographic factors. Although condom use was considered important in practice a large proportion of respondents felt too embarrassed to use them. There was a contradiction between moral views and actual behaviour more than half believed they should remain virgins until marriage while over half of the youth experienced sex before marriage. Two thirds of women were married before the age of 18 but two third felt they did not marry at the right age. Forced sex was .