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

Pandit, Dr Dipanwita; Bhattacharyya, Dr Prasanta Kumar; Bhattacharya, Dr Raja

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“…This observation was very much similar with Khanna et al, Pandit et al 7,8 But Kansal et al and Nagar et al found majority were late adolescence. 9,10 This may be attributed to different socio demographic settings and methodology adopted for study.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Nuclear families ere prevalent in current study it is similar with Khanna et al Hakim et al, Pandit et al and Palak et al 7,8,11,12 But Nagar found more family members in their study. 10 Current changing demographic feature in India is more number of nuclear families is emerging even in rural tribal settings.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Similar findings were observed in Khanna et al, Kapoor et al, Udayar et al and Mohite et al 7,[13][14][15] Pandit et al found by 12 yrs girls attained menarche. 8 Balamurugan et al and Kumar et al found by the 15-16 yrs girls are attaining menarche. 16,17 Age distribution, geographic location and work, these three variables are responsible for variations in the studies.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is very much similar with the findings of Hakim et al, Kapoor et al, Kansal et al and Udayar et al 9,11,13,14 Pandit et al found majority mothers were completed their middle school flowed by primary school, they observed very less illiterate mothers. 8 Nagar et al found majority mothers were completed high school. 10 This variation because of study settings and female literacy status in rural and tribal areas in India much poorer compared to urban setups.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Menstrual health status and cultural practices of tribal adolescent girls

Sridhar¹,

Gauthami

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Adolescence in the life cycle of a Homosapien organism is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. The word ‘Adolescent’ has been derived from Latin word ‘Adolescere’ which means ‘to grow to maturity’. The children from the poor scheduled tribes families are not being sent to school because of the tendency of some parents to utilize their services in augmenting their family income. Therefore a provision for educational opportunities forms a very important part of the programme for the welfare of the scheduled tribes. The aim of the present study was to observe menstrual health of the tribal adolescent girls and to describe cultural factors on study population.Methods: Community based cross sectional descriptive study done on 425 tribal adolescent girls residing in 18 habitations of Achampet mandal. Pre designed pre tested semi structured schedule applied on the subjects after a written informed consent.Results: Out of 425 study subjects majority 178 (41.9%) were from early adolescent age i.e. 10-13 years, followed by 144 (33.9%) from mid adolescent age i.e., 14-15 years and 103 (24.2%) from late adolescent age i.e. 16-19 years. Majority illiterate subjects (55.1%) menstrual hygiene was non sanitary. Subjects who had illiterate mothers their menstrual hygiene was non sanitary way (55.1%). Girls in joint families were having sanitary menstrual hygiene.Conclusions: Present study showed education and awareness play key role in maintaining menstrual hygiene. Hygiene education is supposed to be given at all levels. Bad cultural practices supposed be addressed at community level with intervention.

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confidence: 80%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Menstrual health status and cultural practices of tribal adolescent girls

Sridhar¹,

Gauthami

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…6 These findings were similar with the study conducted by Pandit et al in which 88.5% adolescent girls were in the age group of 12-15 years. 7 It was observed that half (50.7%) of the adolescent girls had age of menarche at 12 year. These findings were similar with the study conducted by Debnath et al in which (50.4%) girls had age of menarche at 12.06 yrs.…”

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Menstrual hygiene: knowledge and practice among adolescent girls in orphanage

Kumari¹,

Sheoran²,

Siddiqui³

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONAdolescence proves to be the most vulnerable stage in the way of human life cycle after childhood, characterized by accelerated growth and development with a change from childhood to maturity. 1 The adolescent word is taken from Latin word 'adolescence' which means to grow into maturity. 1For girls, menstruation is a physiological process which unprecedented to women that begins in puberty. It is periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus for 4-5 days (average) occur regularly every 28-30 days of cycle. 2 In India there are over 355 million menstruating women and girls but millions of girls across the country still facing significant problems to a comfortable and dignified experience with menstrual hygiene management. 3 In India about 88% of women use homemade products (e.g., old cloth or rags) during their menstrual period. The main reasons for using cloth-based product are: personal preference and familiarity, lack of approach to or affordability for good-quality commercial sanitary pads, and lack of adequate information about pads. Some girls also use locally made cotton cloth. The reproductive tract infection (RTI) incidence was 70 percent more common ABSTRACT Background: In India menstruation is generally considered as unclean. Orphanage girls are vulnerable group in our society. The unfailing support and a constant check of orphan girls during menstruation are usually absent. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls residing in selected orphanages of Haryana. Methods: A descriptive survey was conducted on 150 adolescent girls residing in selected orphanages of Haryana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the adolescent girls for study. The data was obtained by structured knowledge questionnaire and structured practice questionnaire. Results: SPSS version 20 was used for statistical analysis. The result of the study indicated that more than half of adolescent girls (62.7%) were in age group of 12-15 year. Half (50.7%) of adolescent girls had age of menarche at 12 year. Only 16% adolescent girls had good knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene. 95.3% were using sanitary pad during menstruation. Conclusions: The present study concluded that adolescent girls had poor knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene.

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Knowledge About Menstrual Problems and Menstrual Hygiene Practices Among College Going Unmarried Girls in Chandigarh, India

Sachdeva¹,

Sharma²

2017

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BACKGROUND Menstruation is a vital part of the reproductive health of a woman. There is evident neglect of problems related to menstruation especially in young girls and they are lacking scientific knowledge regarding menstruation. The study was undertaken with the objective to assess the prevalence & patterns of menstrual problems, knowledge, belief, restrictions, menstrual hygiene and treatment seeking practice among college going unmarried girls of Chandigarh. MATERIALS AND METHODS A stratified multistage random sampling design was adopted for selection of participants from the selected colleges of Chandigarh. A total of 1000 girls who had attained menarche were selected. Information was collected through personal interviews conducted in privacy using semi-structured survey schedule. RESULTS The mean age of menarche was ± 13.89 years. Prior knowledge regarding menses was reported by 82.6% girls and 56.9% girls reported mother as the first source of information followed by 21.6% friends. 86.1% have regular menstrual history 86.8% of the respondents experienced pre menstrual syndrome while overall prevalence of menstrual problem in the present study was found 68.4%. Abdominal pain was the most common menstrual problem reported by 51.3% of participants having menstrual problems. 47.7% girls did not visit holy places during periods. 95.5% preferred sanitary napkins as menstrual absorbent. Treatment seeking behavior of the girls was poor and only about 34.9% of girls having menstrual problems approached for treatment. 72.4% of respondents were aware of emergency contraceptives. CONCLUSION The study revealed that there was an inappropriate knowledge and hygiene practice due to various Misconceptions, beliefs and taboos among college girls regarding menstruation. Reproductive health education in the school curriculum should be introduced for improving awareness regarding menstrual care practices.

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

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Menstrual health status and cultural practices of tribal adolescent girls

Menstrual health status and cultural practices of tribal adolescent girls

Menstrual hygiene: knowledge and practice among adolescent girls in orphanage

Knowledge About Menstrual Problems and Menstrual Hygiene Practices Among College Going Unmarried Girls in Chandigarh, India

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