[Caring for teenage girls: from the perspective of establishing women's health consultations on campuses].
Women's health problems are increasing among teenage girls in modern society. However, there are only a few programs related to women's health consultation on campuses. Three issues are explored in this paper - the health rights of teenage girls, women's health consultations, and teenage girls' subjective views about the establishment of a women's health consultation service on their campus. In the course of our research of teenage girls' subjective views, three hundred and eighty-seven young girl students responded to questionnaires and seven volunteer students among them were invited to do in-depth interviews. Most students (98.2%) thought that it was necessary to set up a women's health consultation service on campus, because they hoped to get personal health information that could not be found in a textbook. Three hundred and five (78.8%) students perceived that they had women's health problems. Their health problems are ranked as follows: dysmenorrhea, irregularity of menstrual periods, unusual vaginal secretions and questions of contraception and urinary system health. They suggested that campus consultation centers should have the following characteristics: protection of students' privacy, provision of multiple channels for consultation, strict limitation on numbers of people in the consulting office, and a non-discriminatory policy towards all clients. Hopefully, an information database can provide a good reference for establishing a women's health consultation service on campus in the near future.
Department of Research and Development, Graduate Institute of Integration of Traditonal Chinese Medicine with Nursing, National Taipei College of Nursing.
Lee-Ing
LI
Tsao
Shu-Hsiang
SH
Yu
Chen-Hui
CH
Kao
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012572:School Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D013624:Taiwan; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*