Reproductive Health Education Intervention to Impact Awareness and Decision Making among Parents and caregivers of Adolescent Girls with cerebral Palsy: A Systematic review Rao Arathi P1,*, Shah Hitesh2, Vyas Navya3, Vijayamma Ratheebai4, Ravishankar N5 1Coordinator, MPH Program, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 2Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 3Assistant Professor, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 4Librarian, School of Communication, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 5Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal *Corresponding Author: Dr P Arathi Rao, Coordinator, MPH Program, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal-576104, Phone: +91-9008418848, Email: arathi.anil@manipal.edu
Online published on 4 June, 2019. Abstract Purpose To assess the effect of reproductive health education intervention on awareness and decision making among parents and care givers of girls with cerebral palsy Parents of girls with cerebral palsy might have concerns regarding their child's reproductive health issues like delayed menarche, menstrual hygiene, pelvic infection, future pregnancy, contraception for fear of sexual abuse. A systematic review will help gain evidence and plan a contextual intervention to address the needs. Materials and Method 11 leading medical and social electronic databases were searched between June 2017 to January 2019 Study designs included were Cohort, randomised controlled trials, pre-test and post-test, Controlled before and after studies, Quasi-experimental with any form of education intervention. Primary outcomes searched were increase in level of awareness, attitude and health seeking behaviour for reproductive health issues. Results Of the 1582 titles screened 4. abstracts were identified. 14 studies were found to have some relevant information but none of them revealed any statistical designed intervention answering the review question. Conclusion There is a paucity of literature which can show the effectiveness of health education interventions for parents to address reproductive health issues of girls with cerebral Palsy. Top Keywords Cerebral palsy girls, reproductive health education, parents and caregivers, adolescence, decision making. Top |