Open AccessPeer educators as change leaders – Effectiveness of peer education process in creating awareness on reproductive health among women workers in textile industry
Author(s) -
Suvetha Kannappan,
Karthikeyan Shanmugam
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_6_19
Subject(s) - reproductive health , peer education , workforce , health education , medicine , nursing , environmental health , medical education , psychology , population , public health , political science , law
India is one of the leading manufacturers of garments with roughly 80% of the workforce dominated by female migrant workers. Lack of education and access to resources in these women contribute to unsafe sexual behaviors, sometimes leading to unwanted pregnancies or sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Awareness raising, and peer education in particular, is extremely effective in addressing reproductive health issues.