scholarly journals Perceptions and practices about menstrual hygiene among women of reproductive age group (15-49 years) attending out-patient department of CIMS, Bilaspur Chhattisgarh

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 3074
Author(s):  
Bhavana Pandey ◽  
Devesh Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Health Impact ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Lower Middle Class ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Group 15 ◽  
Female Literacy ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: Women suffer due to their ignorance on hygienic requirement during menstruation. Hygiene related practices of women during menstruation are of considerable importance, as it has a health impact in terms of increased vulnerability to RTI. Inthis paper our objectives is to detect the menstrual health problems and to assess menstrual hygiene practices among women of reproductive age group (15-49 years) attending OPD of CIMS Bilaspur Chhattisgarh (Obstretic and Gynaecology, OPD).Methods: Females of reproductive age group (15-45 years) attending routine obstretics and gynaecology OPD during 1st May to 15th September 2015 were included in the study after taking their verbal consent at CIMS hospital. Pretested semi-structured questionnaire were used to take history regarding knowledge and practices related to menstrual hygiene. Statistical test like chi-square test were applied using Epi info 7 software.Results: 36% of study population belonged to the 21-30 year age group. About 75% were married. Majority of women had primary education (43.3%) and 54.3% belonged to lower middle class. Majority of women 51.8% used cloth during menstruation; about 45.7% used the same cloth by washing and reusing every month.Conclusions: Most women were found to follow unhygienic practices. Hence, efforts such as improving female literacy and health education regarding the various risk factors should be made by the policy makers to increase menstrual hygiene among rural population. Literacy status was found to be significant for awareness about menstruation and the use of sanitary pads.

To Estimate the Effect of Relationship of Salt Iodine Level and Prevalence of Goiter Among Women of Reproductive Age Group (15–49 Years)

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 1022-1029
Author(s):  
Junaid Kousar ◽  
Zaffar Kawoosa ◽  
Sajad Hamid ◽  
Iftikhar Hussain Munshi ◽  
Shahnawaz Hamid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Iodine Level ◽  
Group 15 ◽  
Salt Iodine ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge regarding menstruation and practices related to maintenance of menstrual hygiene among the women of reproductive age group in a slum of Kolkata, West Bengal, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sutanuka Santra
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reproductive Tract Infection ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: Menstruation is a normal biological process and a key sign of reproductive health. Unfortunately, the taboo surrounding menstruation prevents women from articulating their needs. There is lack of awareness on the process of menstruation and hygienic management of the same. So, the problem of poor menstrual hygiene still persists in society. Objectives: 1) To elicit the knowledge regarding menstruation among the women of reproductive age group 2) To find out the practice of menstrual hygiene among them.Methods: A community based, observational, cross-sectional study was conducted at Baghbazar slum, Kolkata. A total of 160 menstruating women of the age group between 15-45 years were included. The data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 20.  Results: Only 32 women (20%) had idea before menarche regarding menstruation. 65% women used only sanitary pad and 30% used only cloth pieces where as 5% used both pad and cloth piece. Prevalence of sanitary pad use was significantly higher among those aged <25 years (p<0.05). With increasing literacy status as well as socio economic status, use of sanitary pad was also found to be increased and this difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). About 42% of the cloth piece users reused cloth piece. All those, who reused cloth pieces, washed the used cloth pieces with soap and water and 50% of them dried those under sunlight. All the women practised some kind of restriction during menstruation. About 4% individuals did not take regular bath during their bleeding period.   Some women (37.5%) suffered from reproductive tract infection during or just after menstruation. Most of the study subjects (95.6%) disposed used napkins in municipal vat.Conclusions: Awareness should be increased regarding maintenance of good menstrual hygiene through health education programme. 

scholarly journals Study of contraceptive use in married women of reproductive age group in urban slum area of western Maharashtra

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 4499
Author(s):  
Kuldeep Kalyanrao Mitkari ◽  
Santosh Haralkar ◽  
Poonam Sancheti ◽  
Ramakant Gokhale
Keyword(s):  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Slum Area ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Group 15 ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Background: India is world’s second most populous country next to China. Family planning is a key intervention for population control. In urban field, most of population (60%) resides in urban slum area with deprived and vulnerable population. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of contraceptive use in married women of reproductive age group also to study socio-demographic factors and sources associated with the contraceptive use and the reasons behind not using.Methods: A community based descriptive cross sectional study of 5 months duration was conducted among married women in reproductive age group (15-45 year) resident of urban slum area. 234 samples were selected by simple random sampling method. Data was collected through interviews of study subjects using a semi structured questionnaire.Results: Out of 234 women, 98 (41.9%) women said that they are using some method of contraception, which are condom (6.8%), OC pills (4.3%), copper-T (4.7%) and female sterilization (26.1%). Religion, socio-economic status is not significantly associated with acceptance of contraception, but the education and employment are the key influencers for the contraceptive use. The major sources of information are doctors from the government hospitals and auxiliary nurse midwives.Conclusions: The prevalence of contraceptive use in married women of reproductive age group (15-45 year) in urban slum area is found to be 41.9%. Spacing methods including the modern methods of contraception are not getting accepted. More efforts should be taken to remove fear and misconceptions about contraceptive use. 

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude on Abortion among women of Reproductive age group attending Manipal Teaching Hospital, Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Laxmi Adhikari ◽  
Isha Karmacharya ◽  
Netra Bahadur Karki ◽  
Sandhya Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Group 15 ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Reproductive Age Group ◽  
Good Attitude

Background: Abortion was legalized in Nepal in September 2002 by the amendment to the “Muluki Ain”. Legal, moral and ethical issues surrounding abortion make research on all aspects of abortion difficult to undertake. The objective of this study is to assess knowledge and attitude regarding abortion among women of reproductive age group (15-45 years). Methods: This study was a descriptive and conducted in Manipal Teaching Hospital (MTH), Pokhara, Nepal. The tools were demographic proforma, knowledge questionnaire and attitude scale on abortion. Data was collected by asking questions regarding abortion. The total sample was 100 and the sampling technique was purposive. The data were analyzed using Excel 2007, SPSS for Windows Version 16.0 Results: The majority (83%) of the participant were of age group 15-30years, most (70%) of them were married, most (82%) of them were Hindu. The majority of the participants (95%) had heard regarding Abortion. About half (55%) got information from mass media. Most (58%) of the women are having average knowledge regarding Abortion, and the remaining 4% is having poor knowledge. The majority (90%) of the women have a good attitude and no one is having an unfavorable attitude. There is a significant association between knowledge and level of education. There is a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude. Conclusion: Though the majority of the women had a good attitude regarding abortion, still few women i.e. 4% attending MTH don’t have good knowledge.   Key Words: Abortion, Attitude, knowledge, Reproductive Age

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