scholarly journals MENSTRUAL HYGIENE- KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE AMONG ADOLESCENT SCHOOL GIRLS IN RURAL AREAS OF PUNJAB

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (83) ◽  
pp. 5793-5796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arti Gupta Tuli ◽  
Tapasya Dhar ◽  
Joffi Joffi ◽  
Neha Garg
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

scholarly journals Menstrual Hygiene: Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent School Girls In rural areas of West Bengal

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Dipanwita Pandit ◽  
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Dr Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

scholarly journals Menstrual hygiene awareness, management and challenges among adolescent girls in rural areas in Ambala, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2916
Author(s):  
Varidhi Thaman ◽  
Anjana Mittal ◽  
Ishika Chitkara ◽  
Prerna Chahal
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Animated Film ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Sanitary Pads ◽  
Girl Students

Background: The present study was undertaken to encourage articulation of needs and problems of adolescent school girls in rural areas in Ambala district, India, advancing good menstrual hygiene and generating evidence on menstrual hygiene awareness, management and challenges.Methods: This study was an observational cross-sectional study, conducted from July to September 2018, in two rural schools (school 1 and school 2) in Ambala, Haryana, India. A structured pre validated questionnaire was administered to the group of participating girl subjects of 11- 17 years; the questionnaire was explained to them, followed by a short animated film ‘Mythri’ in Hindi of 20 minutes imparting knowledge on MHM. The data was analyzed and the report was presented to the schools with recommendations.Results: We observed better MHM facilities in school 2 than school 1. Provision of good infrastructure and MHM facilities in schools, reduces the absenteeism of girls during menstruation. A statistically significant difference in girl students absenteeism for an average of 2.15 (66.66%) days/ month in school 1, and an average of 1.44 (21.05%) days/month in school 2 is reported. Sanitary pads usage of 50%-83% girls is reported; this may probably be because of percolation of information and knowledge about good hygienic ways. Disposal of absorbent material still poses a big issue. Social taboos were reported by 84.44% girls in school 1 and by only 32.89% girls in school 2.Conclusions: The insights from our study suggests a better MHM education in schools to create more awareness, judicious allocation of resources in schools, providing better infrastructure and basic support to manage menses effectively and with dignity.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude, practice and perception about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among adolescent school girls in rural areas of Raigad district

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 2490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti Parle ◽  
Zoya Khatoon
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
Reproductive Tract Infection ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
School Girls

Background: Menstrual hygiene is essential to decrease susceptibility of urinary and reproductive tract infection and promotes better health of women. Cultural and religious beliefs concerning menstruation such as food taboos and untouchability have harmful impact on dignity and wellbeing of adolescent girls. As a consequence many girls lack appropriate and satisfactory information regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Thereby it is crucial to assess knowledge, attitude, practice and perception about menstruation and menstrual hygiene.Methods: It was a cross-sectional study, conducted among 600 adolescent school girls in rural areas of Raigad district to assess knowledge, attitude, practice and perception about menstruation and menstrual hygiene via self made questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS version 24. Chi square test was applied to find association between variables.Results: Overall more than half 53.3% and 52.8% of the respondent had poor knowledge and poor practice on menstruation and menstrual hygiene respectively. Despite of poor knowledge majority of respondent 55.2% heard about menstruation before attaining menarche. Factors that were significantly associated with knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene were adolescent age (Χ2=267.294, p=0.00), mother’s education (Χ2=77.331, p=0.00) and practice on menstruation (Χ2=111.745, p=0.00).Conclusions: Health education strategies and awareness programme on menstruation and menstrual hygiene should be framed to promote better health of adolescent girl.

scholarly journals A study of knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among adolescent school girls in rural and urban field practice area of RajaRajeswari Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 665
Author(s):  
Kanchanaganga Hassan Kailasraj ◽  
Vidya Basavaraju ◽  
Jayanth Kumar ◽  
Shashikala Manjunatha
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Urban Girls ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
High School Girls ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Background: The word adolescent is derived from Latin word adolescence which means to grow into maturity. Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. WHO has defined adolescence as the age group 10-19 years. These are formative years when maximum amount of physical, psychological, developmental and behavioral changes take place. In India adolescent girls accounts for a little more than one- fifth of the population. The onset on menstruation is one of the most important changes occurring among the girls during the adolescent years. The event of menarche may be associated with taboos and myths existing in our traditional society which has a negative implication for women’s health, particularly their menstrual hygiene. Women having better knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene and safe practices are less vulnerable to reproductive tract infections.Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The sample size of 184 is obtained in each group and rounded off to 190 (urban and rural schools). The duration of the study was for 5 months among adolescent high school girls in randomly selected schools.Results: The mean age of urban girls was 12.87±0.94 years whereas rural girls it was 12.85±0.86 years. Among 380 study subjects 43.4% were aware about menstruation before attaining menarche, 62.4% were aware that menstruation is a natural process. Majority of study subjects (58.9%) were using sanitary pads during menstruation and 46.8% of study subject’s changes absorbents twice a day. Conclusion: Knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent high school girls is better in rural area as compared to urban adolescent high school girls.

scholarly journals A comparative study of knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene among private and government schools of Jaipur city

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3689
Author(s):  
Nikita Sharma ◽  
K. K. Meena ◽  
Kusum Gaur ◽  
Dharmesh Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Private Schools ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Private School ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Government School ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Jaipur City

Background: Menstruation is a normal physiological process to the females but sometimes it is considered as unclean phenomenon in the society. Hence this community based study was carried out with the objective to assess the difference in level of knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene among school going adolescent girls of government and private school.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2017 to April 2018 to find out the difference in prevailing knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene between private and government school going adolescent girls of Jaipur city. Data were collected by the predesigned and pretested structured questionnaire.Results: 87.57% girls from private schools were aware of menstruation prior to attainment of menarche. The difference in knowledge regarding menstruation in students of private and government school was significant. More than three fourth of the participants (76.95%) were from private school use sanitary pad.Conclusions: Knowledge and practice regarding menstruation was better in private school girls as compared to those of government school. Significantly more number of girls in the private schools was using sanitary pads as compared to government school girls.

scholarly journals Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent School Girls of Bhaktapur, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 133-138
Author(s):  
Ajay Kumar Rajbhandari ◽  
R.A. Sagtani ◽  
K. GC ◽  
R. Dhaubanjar
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Education ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Physiological Phenomenon ◽  
School Girls ◽  
Sanitary Pads ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Source Of Information

Adolescence is a transition phase from childhood to womanhood and is marked by onset of menstruation. But, it is still viewed as a religiously impure occurrence in Nepalese society due to social stigma and taboo attached to it. Menstruating females are susceptible to infections and thus, are required to maintain additional hygiene and sanitation. This study tried to explore the existing knowledge and practices on menstrual hygiene among adolescents in Bhaktapur, Nepal.The study included 168 adolescent girls studying in grade nine and ten from four different schools of Bhaktapur Municipality. A self-administered questionnaire developed in local language was used for data collection. These data were entered and analyzed using SPSS-17. Menstruation was considered as a natural physiological phenomenon by 94.6% of the adolescent school girls. Most (93.5%) of the girls used commercially available sanitary pads. The primary source of information on menstruation was their mother however, 35.1% of them reported that they had no prior knowledge on menarche. The major reasons for school absenteeism were discomfort, lack of continuous water supply and shame or fear of staining. Correct knowledge and practice score was not associated with paternal or maternal education while it was negatively correlated with age of adolescents. This study highlights the need to strengthen existing menstruation hygiene management programs in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Emphasis should be laid on providing information to girls who have not experienced menarche and also reinforce it among those who are becoming mature.

scholarly journals The Influence of Health Education Through Booklet on Knowledge and Practice of Menstrual Hygiene

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenny Artanty Nisman ◽  
Dewi Fatma Mutiawati ◽  
Marsita Nugraheni ◽  
Intan Milasari
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

<div class="Section1"><p>Abnormal discharge from the vagina and infections of the reproductive tract can be prevented by practicing good menstrual hygiene. The ease by which adolescents are able to access information will affect the level of knowledge adolescents have about menstrual hygiene. This study aimed to determine the differences in levels of knowledge and practices of menstrual hygiene in boarding school students in rural and urban areas, before and after having being given health education using booklet media. This study was quasi experimental research. The research took place at MTs Al Falaah Pandak Bantul representing the rural area and MTs Mu'allimat Yogyakarta representing the urban area between December 2016 and January 2017. Knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene was measured by a questionnaire. There was no statistically significant difference between knowledge of menstrual hygiene in the boarding schools of both rural and urban groups p=0.473, whereas the difference between hygiene practice regarding menstruation in both groups showed a significant difference p=0.000. There were significant differences in the levels of knowledge and practice of menstruation hygiene between the boarding school students in both the rural areas and urban areas before and after health education using a booklet. A higher mean value was indicated by the boarding school students in urban areas.</p></div>

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