| Achoimre: | The study assessed the effects of Family Life Education meant for the Adolescents
(AFLE) in improving their knowledge and attitude on the fundamental elements of
reproductive health vis-a-vis explored their pattern of sharing about the learning with the
peers, and identified further information needs on reproductive health. Data were
collected from 444 adolescents through one to one interviews (148 with BRAC AFLE
and 148 without BRAC AFLE, and 148 adolescents who had never been enrolled in
schools). Adolescents from the BRAC school (296) were chosen by using multistage
sampling method while the never school going adolescents (148) were selected
conveniently. The study outcomes were compared between the three groups of
adolescents mentioned above. Bivariate analysis showed that a majority of AFLE
students had significantly higher correct knowledge on puberty (95.3%), menstruation
(98.6%), marriage and pregnancy ·(99.3%), STD/AIDS (78.4%), and family planning
(95.3%) compared to the adolescents without AFLE as well as those who never went
school. Except in the case of correct age at first marriage of a girl, the adolescents with
AFLE had higher level of satisfactory knowledge on most of the specific RH issues than
those other two groups. In the logistic regression analysis, the AFLE appeared to be the
strongest influential predictor, followed by the respondents' age, TV-exposure, radioexposure,
and sharing of RH lessons with others. Thus, it appears that AFLE has played a
positive role in improving rural adolescents' knowledge and attitude on RH issues. But it
warrants addressing sex inequality and involving peers and family.
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