Konwledge,attitude and behavior about reproductive health among migrant female workers in Shenzhen city

Objective To study the status of knowledge,attitude and behavior about reproductive health among the migrant female workers in Shenzhen city.Methods Stratified cluster random sampling was abopted to select subjects and a questionnaire survey was conducted to collect information with face-to-face interview.The data were processed with Epidata 3.02 and analyzed with SPSS 15.0.Results All subjects(3 622) were lack of reproductive health knowledge with a low mean score of 16.93±8.483.The results of multiple linear regression showed that the score was positively correlated with subjects' age,education level,and marriage status.Totally 648 respondents had sexual behavior and 151 subjects had induced abortion history.There were 304 subjects reporting condom use as contraceptive method,but only 276 respondents reported taking contraceptive method all times when having sex behavior.The needs for knowledge of reproductive health among the subjects were prevention of sexually transmitted diseases,harm of sexually transmitted diseases,and contraceptive method.Conclusion Migrant female workers have limited knowledge about reproductive health and various forms of health education on reproductive health should be implemented among them.