Comparative study on menstrual hygiene in rural and urban adolescent girls

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupali Patle ◽  
Sanjay Kubde
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls

scholarly journals Menstrual hygiene management practice among adolescent girls: a cross sectional study in Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 3331
Author(s):  
Koshish Raj Gautam ◽  
Harsha Raj Dahal ◽  
Kshitij Karki ◽  
Shradha Acharya ◽  
Suraksha Subedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene Management ◽  
Hygiene Management ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls

Background: Good menstrual hygiene is fundamental to health, hygiene and well-being of women and girls. As menstruation itself considered as taboo in Nepalese society, it has direct impacts on the health of the women and adolescent. The objective of the study is to assess the knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls.Methods: A cross- sectional study design was conducted among 398 samples. Simple random sampling was done to select the resource center schools and probability proportionate sampling (PPS) technique used to get sample size. Structured interview schedule is used to collect data and analysed from SPSS software after validation.Results: Knowledge on menstrual hygiene management was good in urban adolescent girls (93.69%) as compared to rural (6.31%). Similarly, level of practice was good regarding menstrual hygiene management was good in urban adolescent girls (91.29%) as compared to rural (8.71%). Place of the residence and knowledge level of the adolescent girls was highly significant (p<0.001).Conclusions: The findings showed that rural adolescent girls had poor knowledge, various misconceptions and inadequate practices regarding menstrual hygiene management.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of women empowerment awareness level of Adolescent Girls in rural and urban H.S. Schools of Assam

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 370-373
Author(s):  
SIKHA DUTTA
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Adolescent Girl ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls ◽  
Girl Students ◽  
Rural Adolescent ◽  
Awareness Level

The present study is undertake to find out the secondary level urban and rural adolescent girls awareness level on women empowerment. The sample of the study consist of 195 nos of both urban and rural area higher secondary (10+2) level adolescent girl student of kamrup district of Assam. the main objective of the study is to compare the awareness level of the urban and rural located adolescent girl students. The findings of the study reveals that rural adolescent girls are less empowered than urban adolescent girls and there is a significant difference between rural and urban adolescent girls' awareness level.

scholarly journals A comparative study of menstrual hygiene management among rural and urban adolescent girls in Mangaluru, Karnataka

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 2548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradeep Senapathi ◽  
Hemant Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene Management ◽  
Hygiene Management ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
School Girls

Background: Menstruation is a completely normal biological process. Yet women and girls, the world over, face numerous challenges and taboos which often portray them as inferior to men. Poor hygiene and sanitation facilities in schools cause girls to experience menstruation as shameful and uncomfortable. The objective of the study was to assess and compare the status of menstrual hygiene management among rural and urban adolescent school girls.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was carried out from 01 September 2016 to 31 October 2016, among 244 adolescent school girls, in urban and rural field practice areas of A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences of Research, Mangaluru, Karnataka.Results: A total of 244 adolescent school girls participated in this study. Out of these, 54.17% girls were from rural, while 45.83% were from the urban school. Mean age of menarche of all the respondents was 12.61±0.81 years. Overall, 69.67% girls were aware of menstruation prior to attainment of menarche. The awareness was found to be more among urban school girls (72.32%) as compared to rural girls (67.42%). The study brings out that 49.24% of the girls in the rural school and 65.17% of the girls in urban school were using sanitary pads. ‘High cost’ was cited as the main reason for not using the sanitary pads.Conclusions: Menstrual hygiene management was found to be sub-optimal among both, urban as well as rural adolescent girls.

scholarly journals Knowledge regarding menstruation among school-going adolescents of urban Bareilly

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 2871
Author(s):  
Roopali Nath Mathur ◽  
Daljeet Kaur ◽  
Rashmi Katyal ◽  
Bibhash Datta ◽  
Mohit Mathur
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Special Period ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes ◽  
Complete Knowledge ◽  
Urban Adolescent ◽  
Urban Adolescent Girls ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Good Standard

Background: Adolescence in girls has been recognized as a special period. Adolescents are a large and growing segment of the world’s population. Adolescence in girls is a turbulent period of development, which includes stressful events like menarche. Some of the special problems of adolescents are nutritional problems, menstrual disorders, leucorrhoea, and psychological problems. Though menstruation is a natural process, it is linked with several misconceptions and practices in India due to different rituals in the communities, which sometimes result in adverse health outcomes. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge about menstrual hygiene among urban adolescent girls in Bareilly.Methods: The study was conducted in the urban area of Bareilly taking a sample size of 450 girls with multistage sampling technique.Results: About 40% of participants had complete knowledge regarding menstruation, 64.9% of participants regarded menstruation as a curse of God, and 35.6% of the participants perceived urethra as the main source organ for blood during menstruation.Conclusions: This research addressed the issues in managing their menstruation and maintaining a good standard of menstrual hygiene in adolescent girls.

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