Reproductive health knowledge,attitude and behavior among Ningxia Hui married residents with and without reproductive health promotion project execution

Objective To evaluate the effects of Muslim Reproductive Health Promotion Project execution on reproductive health knowledge,attitude,and behavior among Ningxia Hui married residents and to provide evidence for government to strengthen the reproductive health technology service system and reform mechanism in minority regions.Methods A questionnaire survey on reproductive health knowledge,attitude and behavior was conducted among 293 Hui residents from project execution county and 328 Hui residents from non-execution county.Results The knowledge on common sex transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea,condyloma acuminate,and non-gonococcal urethritis was significantly higher for the population from project execution county compared to that of population from non-execution county(P<0.05).The reproductive behaviors of the males from project execution county were significantly higher than the males from non-project of execution county and there were significant differences between the two groups with and without project execution in male reproductive health knowledge consulting(85.23% vs 50.35%,χ²=28.515;P=0.000)and watching marriage and reproductive movies(88.63% vs 69.50%,χ²=11.151;P=0.001).The reproductive behaviors of the women from execution county were significantly better than that of women form non-execution county.There were significant differences between the residents with and without project execution in awareness of seeing gynecologist(92.69% vs 80.22%,χ²=13.215;P=0.000),watching marriage and reproductive movies(75.12% vs 61.50%,χ²=8.431;P=0.004),supplement folic acid before or during first trimester pregnancy(22.93% vs 9.62%,χ²=12.351;P=0.000),supplement of calcium(68.32% vs 43.96%,χ²=23.789;P=0.000),supplement multivitamin during pregnancy(34.65% vs 14.48%,χ²=12.889;P=0.000),and attending regular prenatal examination(92.2% vs 75.94%,χ²=19.676;P=0.000).Conclusion The project execution on reproductive health knowledge and attitude could improve reproductive health-related knowledge and behavior among Ningxia Hui residents.