Assessment of knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among high school girls in Western Ethiopia

Upashe, Shivaleela P.; Tekelab, Tesfalidet; Mekonnen, Jalane

doi:10.1186/s12905-015-0245-7

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“…20,21 The questionnaire was translated from English to Yoruba through a two-way process for students who may find the instrument easier to complete in the local language. Questions were asked about respondents' sociodemographic characteristics as well as their, knowledge, attitude and practice on menstruation and menstrual hygiene.…”

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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among secondary high school girls in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Nigeria

Fehintola

Aremu

et al. 2017

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Menstruation has more profound effect on quality of education than other aspect of puberty because it involves a learning component as well as elements affected by the school environment and infrastructure. It is, therefore, imperative to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Secondary School girls in Ogbomoso on the subject of menstruation and menstrual hygiene.Methods: It was a cross-sectional study carried out between June and August 2016. A total of 447 eligible female adolescent secondary school students were selected by multistage sampling technique. A semi-structured facilitated self- administered questionnaire was used.Results: Majority (96.4%) of the adolescents have heard about menstruation before menarche while 55.9% had good knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Despite the high level of knowledge, about 64% of the respondents describe their response to their first menses as scary, discomforting or emotionally disturbing. Also, only 25% of the respondents had good menstrual hygiene practice. Factors that were significantly associated with good knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene in this study were older adolescent age (15-19 years) (χ2=47.68, P<0.0001); adolescents whose mothers have greater than secondary school education (χ2=42.52, P<0.0001); and those living with their parents (χ2=123.9 ,P=0.001) while only living with parents significantly influenced good practices.Conclusions: The study concluded that majority of the adolescents do not observe good hygienic practice during menstruation despite relatively good knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Efforts have to be put into ensuring that adolescents are well educated on the meaning of menstruation, the importance of good hygienic practice both in schools and at home.

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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among secondary high school girls in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Nigeria

Fehintola

Aremu

et al. 2017

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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“…Thereby, knowledge is an important factor in influencing maintainingcleanliness behaviors positively. Correct information regarding the practice of menstruation is a very important matter (Upashe, 2015).…”

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“…(Upashe, 2015). The selection of female organ cleansing product has been based on the availability and the community knowledge about each product (Fashemi, 2013).…”

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PRECEDE-PROCEED Theory Regarding Socio-Cultural Aspects that Influence the Treatment of Healthy Reproduction Organs among Senior High School Female Students in Surakarta

Putri

Soemanto

Dewi

2017

J HEALTH PROMOT BEHAV

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Background: The group that has been vulnerable to the abandonment of reproductive health rights in Indonesia is adolescents. The lack of adolescents' awareness toward their behaviors in maintaining genital organs cleanliness is due to socio-cultural limitations might cause negative impact toward their reproductive health. This study aimed at analyzing the socio-cultural aspects that influenced the behaviors in treating healthy reproductive organs among female senior high school students in the City of Surakarta. Subjects and Method: This was a mixed-method study with quantitative and qualitative approach. This study was conducted in State Senior High School 1, Al-Islam 1 Senior High School and Regina Pacis Senior High School; all of these senior high schools were located in the City of Surakarta, from February to March 2017. A total of 120 subjects were selected by stratified random sampling. In addition, the sample also included 5 mothers and fathers who had been selected by purposive sampling. The dependent variable was the behaviors in treating reproductive organs. The independent variables were knowledge toward reproduction organ health, family support, toilet/ bathroom availability, clean water availability, culture and information exposure. The dependent and independent variables were collected by a set of questionnaire and analyzed by path analysis. The qualitative data were collected by in-depth interview and analyzed by Miles Huberman method. Results: The behaviors in treating reproductive organ were influenced by good knowledge (b= 0.21; SE= 0.09; p= 0.020), high information exposure (b= 0.20; SE= 0.07; p= 0.005), positive culture (b= 0.15; SE= 0.07; p= 0.039), toilet/ bathroom availability (b= 0.21; SE= 0.07; p= 0.026), clean water availability (b= 0.14; SE= 0.08; p= 0.073) and strong family support (b= 0.16; SE= 0.08; p= 0.041). Then, the knowledge of reproductive health was influenced by high information exposure (b= 0.31; SE= 0.07; p<0.001) and positive culture (b= 0.16; SE= 0.07; p= 0.016). Conclusions:The behaviors in treating reproductive organs are influenced by good knowledge, high information exposure, positive culture, toilet availability, clean water availability and strong family support. The knowledge of reproductive health are influenced by high information exposure and positive culture.

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“…Different works of literature used different criteria to classify menstrual hygiene management as good or poor, or as safe or unsafe. For instance, many studies in different parts of Ethiopia and African Countries used item questions related to practice and the mean score was taken as the cutoff point for classifying MHM status(16)(17).…”

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Menstrual hygiene management practice and factors affecting it among high school females in Ambo City, Oromia state, Ethiopia, 2018: A cross-sectional mixed method

Shallo

Willi

Abubekar

2019

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Address: abuzumeran1@gmail.com 2 ¶ =this authors contributed equally to the work. 2 | P a g e I. AbstractBackground: Though menstruation is normal physiology in the females' life, if not managed safely, it can interrupt daily activity or it may lead to health problems. Poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in schools, inadequate puberty education and lack of hygienic menstrual hygiene management items (absorbents) cause girls to experience menstruation as shameful and uncomfortable. This study aimed to assess the extent of unsafe menstrual hygiene practice and factors influencing it among school females in Ambo, Ethiopia.Methods: an institutional-based mixed-method cross-sectional study was conducted from March 01 to 15/2018 to collect data from 364 school females, teachers, and investigators observation.To collect the data, self-administered technique, interview, observational and FGD techniques were used. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software version 20. Uni-variate, bivariate and multiple logistic regression analysis were done. With 95% CI, the P-value of less than 0.05 was taken as the level of significance.Results: the prevalence of the unsafe menstrual hygiene management practice was 53.6%, which implies urgent response from the stakeholders is of paramount importance. Factors such as the age of the females, frequency of discussing menses with mothers and source of information about menses were variables significantly associated with menstrual hygiene management practice. Conclusion and Recommendation:High numbers of school females' menstrual hygiene management were poorly managed. This implies urgent measure is needed from the stakeholders to solve these problems so that sustainable development goal number 3, 4 and 5 will be achieved. To rid off the current problems which school females are facing, comprehensive and different sectors collaboration is important. Specifically, education sectors, water and sanitation sectors, and health sectors bear the frontline responsibilities.

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Assessment of knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among high school girls in Western Ethiopia

Cited by 135 publications

References 13 publications

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among secondary high school girls in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Nigeria

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among secondary high school girls in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Nigeria

PRECEDE-PROCEED Theory Regarding Socio-Cultural Aspects that Influence the Treatment of Healthy Reproduction Organs among Senior High School Female Students in Surakarta

Menstrual hygiene management practice and factors affecting it among high school females in Ambo City, Oromia state, Ethiopia, 2018: A cross-sectional mixed method

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