Educating Mothers and Girls about Knowledge and Practices toward Puberty Hygiene in Tabriz, Iran: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Valizadeh, Sousan; Assdollahi, Maliheh; Mirghafourvand, Mojgan; Afsari, Atousa

doi:10.5812/ircmj.28593

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“…Fifteen studies reported interventions ( Supplementary Material, Table 2), with interventions in Iran ( n = 5) and India ( n = 4) accounting for more than half of all intervention studies. The quality of included studies was weak (36/44); two studies were strong quality (Mason et al 2013 ; Valizadeh et al 2017 ) and six studies were of moderate quality (Tables 3 , 4 ). We organise our results using the set of outcomes specified in our inclusion criteria, beginning with knowledge (and sources) of puberty and menstruation, then attitudes, myths, and/or perceptions before turning to experiences and practices.…”

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“…The authors noted that due to shame and modesty, pre-pubertal girls tended not to discuss puberty with their mother. Though multiple studies from Iran focused on “puberty health” in their aims, the content frequently reported girls’ knowledge and experience of menstruation (Afsari et al 2017a ; Kheirollahi et al 2017 ; Saghi et al 2016 ; Valizadeh et al 2017 ). This implies a potential elision by researchers of puberty with menstruation.…”

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Puberty and menstruation knowledge among young adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

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2019

Int J Public Health

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Objectives This study presents a scoping review of evidence relating to knowledge and experiences of puberty and menstruation among females aged 10–14 years in low- and middle-income countries. Methods Forty-four items from 12 countries were identified from a systematic scoping review and screening of 8083 items. Included studies were quality assessed. Results A majority (40/44) of studies used school-based samples, and fifteen studies reported on interventions. Girls had inadequate knowledge about menstruation; menarche as a trigger for girls learning about menstruation was common. Adolescents struggled with menstrual hygiene. Negative emotions were associated with menarche and menstrual management. A minority of studies dealt explicitly with puberty. Most girls obtained information about menstruation and/or puberty from their mothers, although mothers were not necessarily girls’ preferred source for learning about these topics. Conclusions Young adolescent girls are under-prepared for puberty and menstruation. Predominantly school-based studies mean we know little about young out-of-school adolescents. The evidence base lags behind the rise in interest from practitioners as well as the development (and evaluation) of puberty and/or menstruation interventions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00038-019-01209-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Puberty and menstruation knowledge among young adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

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2019

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“…The list of behaviours and practices included in studies as menstrual and hygiene practices are reported in Table 5 for Review A and B studies. These do not include indexes from three studies which collapsed across an unknown set of items [20,43,46]. Further, in two studies, authors included attending school or university, and participating in religious practices during menstruation [16], and food restrictions and exercise [18] as menstrual practices.…”

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“…Others included knowledge of menstrual disorders e.g., the definition of dysmenorrhea, causes of pain or discomfort, and included questions about self-care for pain during menses [18,20]. Four studies reported including questions about hygiene practices during menstruation as part of knowledge assessments such as the types of materials to use as absorbents, and the frequency with which one should change materials [20,24,44,46]. In their list of examples, Blake 2018 [15] included "Girls should stay home from school when they are menstruating" as part of their knowledge test as a reflection of the content of the puberty book provided as part of the intervention.…”

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Measurement in the study of menstrual health and hygiene: A systematic review and audit

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“…Therefore, it plays the most important role in educating adolescents and transferring information and hygienic behaviors to them. Although each family member may have a role in teaching puberty health to adolescents, the mother plays the most prominent role in this issue and most adolescents learn hygienic behaviors from their mothers (13,14) .…”

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Mothers and their Adolescent Daughters Communication Regarding Pubertal Changes at Tanta City

Mohammed¹,

Hassan²,

Mahdy³

2017

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Daughters and mothers have the great amount of reciprocal disclosure in adolescent-parent family relationships. Mothers are first teachers for their daughtersregarding puberty. It's important to encouragemothers-daughters effective communication.Aim of the study:Was to assess mothers and their adolescent daughters' communication regarding pubertal changes at Tanta City.Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted in the governmental preparatory schools, Tanta city.Subjects: The total number of the study subjects was 400 mothers and their adolescent daughters.Data collection Tools: A structured questionnaire schedulewas prepared by the researchers.Itcomposed of two parts. Part I: for girls, that covered girls' source of knowledge about pubertal changes and menstrual hygiene, and their reaction to pubertal changes. Part II:mothers' communication and preparation of daughters for pubertal changes. Results: Slightly more than one third (35.0%) of mothers communicate with their daughters to prepare them for puberty.The majority of the studied mothers (88%) imposed restriction to their daughters after puberty.There were a statistically significant positive correlation between mothers' communication about puberty with daughters and their education, occupation, and number of children (P< 0.05). Conclusionand recommendations: About two thirds of mothers did not communicate with their daughters to prepare them for puberty. The majority of the studied mothers imposed restriction to their daughters after puberty. Friends were the main source of knowledge about puberty for more than half of the studied daughters. Educational programs aboutpubertal changesare recommended to be performed to adolescent daughters and their mothers.

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Educating Mothers and Girls about Knowledge and Practices toward Puberty Hygiene in Tabriz, Iran: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Abstract: Background: Puberty and changes resulting from it are one of the most important events of everybody's life. Mothers play a central role in raising the level of knowledge, managing family health and improving hygienic behaviors of their daughters.

Cited by 9 publications

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Puberty and menstruation knowledge among young adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Puberty and menstruation knowledge among young adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Measurement in the study of menstrual health and hygiene: A systematic review and audit

Mothers and their Adolescent Daughters Communication Regarding Pubertal Changes at Tanta City

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