Place of menstruation in the reproductive lives of women of rural North India

Singh, Abha

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.54923

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“…Throughout various generations cultural practices were believed and followed without much questioning. Like previous studies (Centre for Social research 1990; Talwar 1997 andSingh 2006) the present research has also documented similar results about several restrictions related to menstruation. The level of personal hygiene practiced by these girls was unsatisfactory.…”

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“…There is a substantial lacunae in the knowledge towards menstruation among adolescent girls. Several research studies have revealed this gap (Ahuja et al 1995;Chowdary 1998;Khanna 2005 andSingh 2006) and showed that there is low level of awareness about menstruation among girls when they first experience it. Social prohibitions and negative attitude of parents in discussing the related issues openly has blocked the access of adolescent girls to right kind of information especially in rural and tribal communities.…”

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“…Isolation of the menstruating girls and restrictions imposed on them in the family have reinforced negative attitude towards this phenomenon in girls. Several studies (Center for Social Research 1990;Talwar 1997;Singh 2006 andPaul 2007) have reported restrictions in daily activities such as, not being allowed to take bath, change clothes, comb hair and enter holy places. Apart from these, dietary restrictions (taboo on consumption of food like rice, curd, milk, lassi, potato, onion, sugarcane etc.)…”

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Knowledge and Practices Related to Menstruation among Tribal (Gujjar) Adolescent Girls

Dhingra

Kumar²,

Kour

2009

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

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The present study was undertaken to assess the knowledge and practices related to menstruation among tribal (Gujjar) adolescent girls. The sample for the study comprised of 200 girls in the age group 13-15 years. Both nomadic and semi-nomadic Gujjars were included. A combination of snowball and random sampling technique was used for selection of the sample group from various areas of Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir State. Interview guide was developed and used to study the knowledge and practices related to menstruation among adolescent girls. Along with the Interview guide, the menstrual history of the sample group was recorded by the medical experts in the proforma devised for the purpose. The results revealed that sample girls lacked conceptual clarity about the process of menstruation before they started menstruating due to which they faced several gynaecological problems. The most common source of information about menstruation for the majority (83%) of the sample girls were friends. There were several socio-cultural taboos related to menstruation. The level of personal hygiene and management of menstruation was found to be quite unsatisfactory. 98% of the girls believed that there should be no regular bath during menstrual cycle. All the girls reported following these cultural practices without much questioning. The results hold implications for professionals involved in improvement of adolescent reproductive health in particular.

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Knowledge and Practices Related to Menstruation among Tribal (Gujjar) Adolescent Girls

Dhingra

Kumar²,

Kour

2009

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

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139

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“…Hesitation suppressed their urge to know about such matter probably, because of cultural silence against verbalizing anything, related to sex or sex organ. In a study conducted by Singh (2006), among adolescent girls of Varanasi district (UP), only 43.5% of the girls correctly responded uterus, as the organ from where the menstrual blood comes. Similarly, in the study conducted by Adhikari (2007), among the rural adolescent girls of Nepal, 25.3% of the girls reported uterus as the organ from where the bleeding comes, whereas 32%, 26.7% and 16% said the Fallopian tube, vagina and urinary bladder, respectively.…”

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Knowledge about Menarche and Menstruation among Tribal Females of Kargil

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2017

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The present study was carried out, to assess the knowledge of tribal females of Kargil, about menstruation. The sample for the study consisted of 320 adolescent's girls, 100 mothers and 100 grandmothers, belonging to Balti and Purig tribes. The random sampling technique was used, to select the sample. A self devised interview schedule was used, to gather the required information. The results reveal that, there is a substantial lacuna in the knowledge about menstruation, among the females. Widespread misconceptions and unawareness about the essential concepts of reproductive physiology and menstruation, among the tribal females was noted. It was found that, all mothers and the majority of grandmothers and adolescent girls, held incorrect perception, regarding the causes of menstruation. For them, menstruation occurs in females, in order to get rid of spoiled or dirty blood, from the body and it helps to detoxify our body. Many of these females were still not sure, about the source of menstrual blood. These girls were not able to differentiate between urethra and vaginal opening. The results overall highlight that, even today females of Kargil, tend to have insufficient and incomplete information, related to menarche and menstruation.

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“…al.,1999; Singh, 2006;Olanipekun et al, 2016). These challenge has been handled through convectional methods as well as traditional ways by the rural people.…”

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