Reproductive and sexual health are the most fundamental aspects of life^[1]. According to WHO, sexual health and human rights law states that sexual health is very important to promote physical and emotional health and the well-being of the individuals, families and couples as well as for the social and economic development of the communities and the country^[2] .

At any point of time a larger proportion of the global population is contributed by youth. The population of youth aged 18 to 24 years in the year 2012 was 850 million^[3]. In the world every year, a total of 16 million women under the age of 20 years give birth, and most of the adolescents who give birth are from developing countries^[3].

Youth phase is considered to be a transitional phase from childhood to adulthood. This is the phase where the youth are exposed to many unhealthy risky behaviors like un protected sex, having multiple sex partners etc. These unhealthy practice are the once which contribute to sexual transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS, induced abortions and unwanted pregnancies.

Communication about reproductive and sexual health (RSH) between parents and children is very important to increase the awareness and knowledge about RSH, to reduce these risky behaviors and to improve the utilization of RSH services^[4].

India is one of the country with a high young population^[5]. Parents play an important role in children’s overall growth, development and transition to sexual life. Communication about RSH issues between parents and children plays role in exchanging the information about cultural beliefs, role on sexuality, sexual values and behaviors, attitudes and decision making in future about RSH concerns. Previous studies from developing countries including India showed that communication between parents and young adults regarding RSH issues was low^[6,7].

This study aims to  assess RSH communication between female young adults and parents in Udupi Taluk.