• DR. AABHA GUPTA

Reproductive health incorporates all those approach in a comprehensive manner and stresses the needs to address the reproductive rights of men and women as well as the social behaviour and cultural practices that affect reproductive health outcomes. A variety of socio-economic and cultural factors shape the individual’s reproductive aspiration and behaviour. According to the World Bank, about one- third of the total disease burden on women, 15 to 44 years of age, in developing countries, is linked to health problems related to pregnancy, child birth, abortion, HIV and reproductive tract infections (RTI).Reaching out to young adults for organizing population education programme require detailed information about young people's reproductive health issues, sexual activities and needs including STDs, forced sex, age at marriage, unplanned pregnancies as well as their attitude and behaviour towards HIV. Reproductive decisions are joint decisions. The present study is an effort to find out the knowledge, Attitude and Communication needs of Under graduate female students toward STDs and HIV/AIDS with the following objectives:To study the knowledge and attitude of undergraduate students regarding STDs and HIV/AIDS. The present study was conducted in Udaipur city of Rajasthan. 300 under graduate students, in the age group of 18-23years, employed in various Government and Private colleges were selected as a sample for the study. Purposive random sampling technique was used to draw the desired sample. It was observed that out of 300 respondents, 200 fell in the average level of overall knowledge group (75.7%) while almost equal number of respondents had high and low level of knowledge. It was seen that again majority had overall neutral attitude.

Keywords: Attitude, Awareness, Reproductive Health, STDs, HIV

"AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIV/AIDS AND STDs AMONG UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 11, page no.430-432, November-2016, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701906.pdf

"AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIV/AIDS AND STDs AMONG UNDERGRADUATE FEMALE STUDENTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.3, Issue 11, page no. pp430-432, November-2016, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701906.pdf