Impact of Health Education and Condom Distribution on Incidence of RTI/STI among The Newly Married Urban Poor Women in Delhi.
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2010-03
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This study was carried out to find out the impact of a specially designed
preventive intervention on menstrual and sexual hygiene practices and
incidence of RTI/STI among the newly married women.
A community based intervention study with controls was conducted in
two resettlement colonies of Delhi. Total 74 subjects in intervention group
and 71 subjects in the control group were studied. Each subject was
followed up for 9 months every three monthly.
The intervention package included education about menstrual and sexual
hygiene, RTI/STIs and contraceptive usage, and packets of condoms.
RTI/STI was diagnosed using syndromic approach.
Only 2 and 8 subjects in the intervention and control group respectively
used condoms (p>0.05 after adjustment). Practice of washing genitals
improved in the intervention group (p<0.05 both with and without
adjustment). 19 (25.68%) women in intervention and 22 (30.99%) in the
control group (p=0.478) reported RTI/STI symptoms during study period;
after adjusting for other variables OR=0.37 (p=0.007). 57.89% of RTI/STI
patients consulted doctor in intervention group as compared to 18.18% in
control group (p<0.05).
Increasing awareness and providing intervention at the very beginning of
sexual life of newly married women can modify some of the high risk
behaviors and thus reduce the risk of acquiring RTI/STIs.
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RTI, Sexual Health, Community, Intervention Study
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Singh Samiksha, Chaturvedi Sanjay, Kumar Amod, Kannan A T. Impact of Health Education and Condom Distribution on Incidence of RTI/STI among The Newly Married Urban Poor Women in Delhi. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2010 Mar; 42(1): 53-61.