Contemporary beliefs surrounding the menarche: a pilot study of adolescent girls at a school in middle England

Wigmore-Sykes, Madeleine; Ferris, Michelle; Singh, Surinder

doi:10.1080/14739879.2020.1836678

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“…Menstruation also often made participants feel disgusting or unclean [28, 33, 38, 47, 54-56, 58, 60, 64, 68, 73, 74, 81, 86, 87, 92-94, 96-99, 110, 111, 117, 119, 121, 135, 136, 143]. Negative emotional responses, particularly shame and worry, often led to increased mental burden [25, 34, 38, 46, 47, 51, 53, 55, 64, 77, 81, 88, 109, 112, 117-120, 122, 128, 132, 138, 143] and sometimes non-participation where the negative emotional responses were linked to concerns about respondents' own ability to conceal their menstrual status [48,49,55,71,93,94,119,127,135,141].…”

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“…studies[28, 33, 40, 47, 51, 53, 58, 59, 65, 67, 68, 73-77, 86, 93-97, 105, 111, 112, 119-122, 139] n = 26 studies[32, 36, 38, 42, 45, 48, 54-56, 60, 63, 66, 71, Mothers, n = 13 studies[8,35,49,50,62,64,82,83,104,113,129,140,141] Italicised terms provide citations for sub-themes within the overarching themes in the first column.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255001.t003 Oh, it just shows that you're grown up now . .…”

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Experiences of menstruation in high income countries: A systematic review, qualitative evidence synthesis and comparison to low- and middle-income countries

Barrington

Robinson

Wilson³

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PLoS ONE

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Background There is growing recognition of the importance of menstruation in achieving health, education, and gender equality for all. New policies in high income countries (HICs) have responded to anecdotal evidence that many struggle to meet their menstrual health needs. Qualitative research has explored lived experiences of menstruating in HICs and can contribute to designing intervention approaches. To inform the growing policy attention to support people who menstruate, here we review and synthesise the existing research. Methods and findings Primary, qualitative studies capturing experiences of menstruation in HICs were eligible for inclusion. Systematic database and hand searching identified 11485 records. Following screening and quality appraisal using the EPPI-Centre checklist, 104 studies (120 publications) detailing the menstrual experiences of over 3800 individuals across sixteen countries were included. We used the integrated model of menstrual experiences developed from studies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as a starting framework and deductively and inductively identified antecedents contributing to menstrual experiences; menstrual experiences themselves and impacts of menstrual experiences. Included studies described consistent themes and relationships that fit well with the LMIC integrated model, with modifications to themes and model pathways identified through our analysis. The socio-cultural context heavily shaped menstrual experiences, manifesting in strict behavioural expectations to conceal menstruation and limiting the provision of menstrual materials. Resource limitations contributed to negative experiences, where dissatisfaction with menstrual practices and management environments were expressed along with feelings of disgust if participants felt they failed to manage their menstruation in a discrete, hygienic way. Physical menstrual factors such as pain were commonly associated with negative experiences, with mixed experiences of healthcare reported. Across studies participants described negative impacts of their menstrual experience including increased mental burden and detrimental impacts on participation and personal relationships. Positive experiences were more rarely reported, although relationships between cis-women were sometimes strengthened by shared experiences of menstrual bleeding. Included studies reflected a broad range of disciplines and epistemologies. Many aimed to understand the constructed meanings of menstruation, but few were explicitly designed to inform policy or practice. Few studies focused on socioeconomically disadvantaged groups relevant to new policy efforts. Conclusions We developed an integrated model of menstrual experience in HICs which can be used to inform research, policy and practice decisions by emphasising the pathways through which positive and negative menstrual experiences manifest. Review protocol registration The review protocol registration is PROSPERO: CRD42019157618.

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Experiences of menstruation in high income countries: A systematic review, qualitative evidence synthesis and comparison to low- and middle-income countries

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Robinson

Wilson³

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“…Menstruating students reported feeling judged, threatened, and self-conscious, that boys "look at you in a different way" (Burrows & Johnson, 2005, p. 282;Li et al, 2020;Wigmore-Sykes et al, 2021;Wootton & Morison, 2020).…”

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“…One student described struggling for years to effectively use period products (Schmitt et al, 2021). Menstruation education fixates on the scientific aspect of menstruation rather than practical information about managing menstruation, such as how to deal with pain, which products to use, how to use them, and its emotional impact (Gupta et al, 2018;Li et al, 2020;Schmitt et al, 2021;Secor-Turner et al, 2020;Tingle & Vora, 2018;Trant et al, 2022;Wigmore-Sykes et al, 2021). It often teaches only…”

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The experiences of menstruation in schools in high income countries: A systematic review and line‐of‐argument synthesis

Thomas,

Melendez‐Torres

2024

Psychology in the Schools

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Menstruation is a global public health issue with negative discourses of shame, embarrassment, and disgust. There is growing anecdotal evidence linking negative menstruation experiences at school to absenteeism. This systematic review and line‐of‐argument synthesis aims to develop a conceptual understanding of menstruation experiences in schools in high‐income countries. MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycINFO (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), HMIC (Ovid), and ERIC databases were searched. NVivo was used for thematic synthesis and reciprocal translation to generate third‐order constructs: overarching themes that interpretatively describe social processes around menstruation in schools. One thousand three hundred and thirty‐three studies were screened, with 19 meeting inclusion criteria. Six third‐order constructs were identified and integrated into a synthesized line‐of‐argument illustrating menstrual injustice at school. To ensure menstruating students do not face academic disadvantage because of schools’ failure to accommodate menstrual needs, schools should challenge stigma, provide facilities to improve students’ capability and confidence to manage menstruation, and provide academic support to menstruating students who miss classes. Future research should explore experiences of period poverty in HIC schools, examining the influence of gender identity, disability, race, and class on menstruation experiences.

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Addressing menstrual stigma through sex education in England- taking a sociomaterial turn

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Contemporary beliefs surrounding the menarche: a pilot study of adolescent girls at a school in middle England

Cited by 4 publications

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Experiences of menstruation in high income countries: A systematic review, qualitative evidence synthesis and comparison to low- and middle-income countries

Experiences of menstruation in high income countries: A systematic review, qualitative evidence synthesis and comparison to low- and middle-income countries

The experiences of menstruation in schools in high income countries: A systematic review and line‐of‐argument synthesis

Addressing menstrual stigma through sex education in England- taking a sociomaterial turn

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