Edukasi Manajemen Kesehatan Remaja Saat Menstruasi di SMP N 5 Kota Jambi

The obligation to maintain health and hygiene related to menstruation is almost ignored by many people. Many factors that cause it, can be due to ignorance or due to lack of education from schools and parents. Many girls do not have a proper understanding that their menstruation is a normal biological process and they only know it at menarche. Insufficient knowledge about menstruation, menstrual cycle and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MKM) during menstruation can result in problems during menstruation such as dysmenorrhea, pelvic muscle cramps. This community service was carried out at the SMP N 5 Jambi City, with the aim that students could understand how to maintain cleanliness during menstruation. so that adolescents will be free from diseases, especially those related to reproductive health. The service method applied by the community service team is discussion, guidance, and persuasive communication. Held in December 2020-January 2021. After the counseling activities were carried out, all the teenagers who attended understood about treatment during menstruation

A LITERATURE REVIEW ON MENSTRUATION AND MENTAL HEALTH

This review aims to understand and break misconceptions about menstruation. It is a normal biological process and a healthy part of a women’s life. The menstrual cycle of a women’s life starts from the onset of menarche (average 13 years) through to menopause (average around 50 years). A woman menstruates for about 7 years during their life. In this period women face many problems. Menstruation is not only confined to the physical pain and symptoms but it affects the mental health of female adolescents. Several surveys have been conducted in the area. A lack of information about menstruation leads to damaging misconceptions and discrimination. Many girls do not have complete and accurate information about menstruation. By providing proper counseling sessions and workshop programs girls can be educated about menstruation. There is a need to build their confidence and encourage healthy habits and to break down taboos.

Metabonomics research accelerates discovery of medical biomarkers

Biomarker refers to a characteristic that can be objectively detected and evaluated, and can be used as an indicator of normal biological process, pathological process or therapeutic intervention pharmacological response. As one of the key words of individualized medicine, the search and discovery of valuable biomarkers has become a research hotspot in the current medical field.

Period Poverty in Youth, Proliferating Disparities

A silent threat, with stigma holding tongues back, period poverty affects countless students, harming their education. Nationwide, 1 in 5 menstruating teens struggles to buy period products (Thinx & PERIOD, 2019). Those who should be focusing on growing and developing are instead worrying whether they can afford to maintain a normal biological process safely. Among these teens, 84% have either missed or know someone who has missed school due to period poverty (Thinx & PERIOD, 2019). As a result, they struggle to access full and proper education because students would rather stay at home than face embarrassment, discomfort, and pain. The school system is supposed to be a haven, fostering both education and well-being. However, stigma combined with a lack of care instead leads to young people skipping or missing class on account of something they cannot control.

Knowledge, practices and problem towards menstrual cycle with their socio economic status: a comparative study of tribal and non tribal female

Background: Menstruation is a normal biological process and a key sign of reproductive health. Good hygiene practices are essential during menstruation. The current study was conducted to assess the knowledge, awareness and practices related to menstrual hygiene management and find out the relationship between the socio economic status and age at menarche (AAM) among tribal (Oraon) and nontribal female in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal.Methods: A field based cross-sectional study was conducted among tribal (Oraon) and nontribal female in Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. A total of 120 samples (60 tribal and 60 nontribal) were interviewed by using pre-tested structured questionnaire. Data were statistically analyzed using SPSS (ver. 16).Results: The present study shows that the tribal female had poor knowledge about menstruation and menstrual hygiene than the nontribal female. Use of sanitary napkins among the nontribal female (66.7%) where as reverse in case of tribal female (use of cloths 66.7%). Study shows with increasing monthly family income and socio economic status, mean AAM decreases. There was statistically significant difference between the two groups (tribal and nontribal) for all socio economic parameter but not AAM distribution.Conclusions: There is an urgent need to create awareness regarding menstrual hygiene among all the females in the society. The role of teachers and media should be enhanced. This will help in reducing the burden of menstrual related health problem and improve the reproductive health.

TV Advertisement and Menstrual Hygiene Management

Menstruation is an absolute natural-normal biological process of adolescents though it is unfortunately accompanied with different taboos in the society of Bangladesh. A significant number of adolescent girls have considerable lacuna of knowledge on menstruation as well as menstrual hygiene management. Thus, the aim of the study is to know how the issue of menstruation is presented on TV advertisement and what roles TV advertisements play in shaping the knowledge, attitude, and practice of girls and their parents on menstruation and menstruation hygiene management. Both content analysis and questionnaire survey have been used to present the realities of the role of TV advertisement in menstrual hygiene management process in Bangladesh. At present, about 70 percent girls are inspired to use sanitary napkin watching TV advertisement. TV advertisements play vital role to break the shackle of menstrual taboo and also provide essential information about menstruation as well as menstrual hygiene management.

Introduction: Menstruation as Fundamental

Most articles on menstruation start by pointing out that menstruation is a normal biological process. This, of course, is true. But at the same time, menstruation is so much more for many people; in fact, it is fundamental. Menstruation unites the personal and the political, the intimate and the public, and the physiological and the socio-cultural. The chapters in this section demonstrate the importance—and indeed urgency—of considering the lived experiences of all menstruators. These vary widely and are shaped by a range of different factors including religion, culture, political systems, socialization, caste, disability, place of residence, among many others. In many cases, an intersection of factors such as gender and disability, or gender, religion, and caste determine menstrual experiences and the underlying power relations.

Normality, Freedom, and Distress: Listening to the Menopausal Experiences of Indian Women of Haryana

This chapter explores variations in the experience of menopause among 28 postmenopausal women belonging to lower socioeconomic strata from the Indian state of Haryana. Singh and Sivakami base their research on in-depth qualitative interviews with the women to gauge their perceptions and experiences of menopause. They analyze the interviews thematically and identify three dominant narratives: menopause as a normal biological process, an insignificant event that goes unnoticed in the chaos of life; menopause as distress in silence, the distress arising from the intersection of poverty, gender, and patriarchy; and menopause as freedom—freedom from societal restrictions and monthly distress. These narratives are distinct but often co-occur; for example, some women experience freedom after going through distress. Additionally, the authors report that participants express the need for emotional and social support during menopause and the desire to be understood rather than to be treated.

Silent Screams of Ageing: Untold and Unheard Stories of Senior Citizens in Pokhara Elderly Care Centre

Ageing is a normal biological process. The ageing transition reduces physiological, social and other capacities and makes elderly susceptible to social and health threats. The rich tradition of dignified ageing is drastically eroding in Nepal; hence, older people today are living in seclusion, depression, diseased and neglected by their children. The key objective of this article is to assess how the senior citizens experienced their transition of ageing. The study is pedestaled on primary data following the qualitative techniques. Healthy ageing is a multifaceted notion and one of the most intense social transformations in human history allied to physical, psychological and social experiences linked to the aged-people, immediate surroundings, friends and the society. But, amid disrupted lives, familial neglect and abandonment, the broader socio-cultural narratives on ageing transition of the elderly contain a decline as empty nesters and a very little age defying ideology. Successful aging equals active aging, hence, to keep positive self-esteem, senior citizens should be physically and mentally vibrant as well as take new responsibilities and roles, nurture new interests and develop new interactions to substitute their previous roles that have diminished with people age. Respect and mutual understanding between the older and young generation under the kinship care system is a part of oriental tradition, which needs to be sustained by state policies. This article suggests some vital measures to be addressed for a proactive dignified ageing.

Health Problems of the Elderly Population in Some Selected Urban Slums of Dhaka City

Aging is universal and it is inescapable, beginning at birth, which should be regarded as a normal biological process leading to functional deterioration, vulnerability and ultimately culminating to extinction of life. Population ageing is becoming a major concern both in the developed and developing countries. Many health problems are known to increase with age and this demographic trend may lead to an increase in the absolute number of health conditions in this population. To identify health problems of elderly population and assess their socioeconomic condition. This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out over 531 elderly people selected purposively from some urban slums of Dhaka city during July to December, 2013. Each eligible participant was informed about the purpose and procedure of the study. Trained interviewers collected information by face to face interview using a pre-tested questionnaire having both structured and open ended questions. Majority 389 (73.3%) were from the age group of 60-69 years. The mean age of the respondents was found to be 65 years; (SD±7.048). Majority of them were male 68.7%, illiterate 78.8%, employed as small businessman 26% and belonged to joint family 75.0%. Their average monthly income was 4747.02 ± 2796.368 Taka. About 272(51.2%) respondents were dependent on other earning family members. A significantly higher proportion of women suffered from diabetes, hearing impairment, vertigo, joint pain, depression, while chest pain, chronic cough, difficulty in micturation, anxiety were observed more in elderly men. The study sheds new light which may help to provide adequate guideline for the senior citizens to overcome old age health problems. As there is a rapid increase in the number of elderly population, there is an urgent need to develop affordable and accessible health care services.J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2015; 33(4): 202-206