Menstrual hygiene among adolescent school students: An indepth cross-sectional study in an urban community of WestBengal, India

Yasmin, Shamima; Manna, Nirmalya; Mallik, Sarmila; Ahmed, Ashfaque; Paria, Baisakhi

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“…Considering local context within different cities and information gap between urban slum dwellers and other urban dwellers, we consider the self-report of adolescent slum girls of Khulna city in my survey to be a credible assessment of their experience (Table 11). Again, the rate found in present study that 31.4% of the respondents knew about menstru-ation before it occurs, is lower than the rate quoted in National Hygiene survey, 2018, where only 36% of the adolescent girls heard about menstruation before the occurrence of period for the first time [9,20,21]. According to National Hygiene survey, 2018, less than 20% of those who use old clothes follow the recommended cleaning and drying practices.…”

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"Practices Regarding Menstrual Hygiene Among Adolescent Girls in Railway Slum Area of Khulna City"

Khanum

2023

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Menstruation, despite being a normal occurrence, is still seen as unclean or dirty in Bangladeshi society, and is associated with a number of myths and practices that lead to negative health outcomes. A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted from December, 2020 to August, 2021. Data was collected from adolescent girls of age group (10-19) years in railway slum area of Khulna city. Sample size was 121 adolescent girls. More than half 55.4% respondents had moderate knowledge on menstruation and menstrual hygiene and 17.4% respondents had good knowledge on menstruation and menstrual hygiene. On the other hand, 71.1% respondents had poor practice about menstruation and menstrual hygiene and 10.7% respondents had good practice on menstrual hygiene The source of information regarding menstrual hygiene where the highest percentage carried out by friend is about 34.2%. Age had significant association (Pearson's chi-squared test was 0.000, where a degree of freedom was 33 and the probability was 74.27, which was P=<0.05) with the level of knowledge about menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Significant association showed between the level of knowledge and practice of adolescent about age, education religion, use of absorbent, disposal of absorbent, change of absorbent and washing process of absorbent (where P value was < 0.05). It can be concluded that risk factors for developing urinary tract infection due to poor menstrual hygiene can be reduced by providing proper health education among the adolescent.

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"Practices Regarding Menstrual Hygiene Among Adolescent Girls in Railway Slum Area of Khulna City"

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2023

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“…Cloths are traditionally used to absorb menstrual flow; they are cheaper and create less environmental pollution, but are gradually being replaced by disposable sanitary napkins, particularly in urban areas. Cleaning and drying cloth is a problem if girls lack water, privacy and a drying place [29, 30]. Such unhygienic practices hinder the proper nutrition and health of girls and are needed to be changed [31].…”

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WASH practices and its association with nutritional status of adolescent girls in poverty pockets of eastern India

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Background Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) practices may affect the growth and nutritional status among adolescents. Therefore, this paper assesses WASH practices and its association with nutritional status among adolescent girls. Methods As a part of an intervention programme, this study is based on baseline cross-sectional data. It was conducted between May 2016–April 2017 in three Indian states (Bihar, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh). From a sample of 6352 adolescent girls, information on WASH practices, accessibility to health services and anthropometric measurements (height, weight and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC)) was collected. Descriptive statistics were used to examine WASH practices, and nutritional status among adolescent girls. Determinants of open defecation and menstrual hygiene were assessed using logistic regression. Association between WASH and nutritional status of adolescent girls was determined using linear regression. Results Findings showed 82% of the adolescent girls were practicing open defecation and 76% were not using sanitary napkins. Significant predictors of open defecation and non use of sanitary napkin during menstruation were non Hindu households, households with poorer wealth, non availability of water within household premise, non visit to Anganwadi Centre, and non attendance in Kishori group meetings. One-third of adolescent girls were stunted, 17% were thin and 20% had MUAC < 19 cm. Poor WASH practices like water facility outside the household premise, unimproved sanitation facility, non use of soap after defecation had significant association with poor nutritional status of adolescent girls. Conclusions Concerted convergent actions focusing on the provision of clean water within the household premise, measures to stop open defecation, promotion of hand washing, accessibility of sanitary napkins, poverty alleviation and behavior change are needed. Health, nutrition and livelihood programmes must be interspersed, and adolescents must be encouraged to take part in these programmes.

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“…The present study was designed to assess the knowledge, beliefs and source of information regarding menstruation among the adolescent school girls of the secondary school and also to identify the status of menstrual hygiene among them. 3 Menstrual hygiene is an issue that is insufficiently acknowledged and has not received adequate attention in the reproductive health as well as Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sectors in developing countries including India. Also, its relationship with and impact on achieving many Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).…”

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Knowledge and Practices About Menstrual Hygiene Among School Adolescent Girls in Agroha Village of Haryana

Sharma¹,

Choudhary²,

Saluja³

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Menstruation is a phenomenon unique to the females. Adolescent girls often lack knowledge regarding reproductive health including menstrual hygiene which can be due to socio-cultural barriers in which they grow up. Learning about menstrual hygiene is a vital aspect of health education for adolescent girls. OBJECTIVESa) To assess the knowledge and practices of menstrual hygiene among rural school going adolescent girls; b) To assess the restrictions practiced by school adolescent girls during menstruation. METHODS AND MATERIALSA cross-sectional study was carried out in Govt. Senior Secondary Girls School located near the Primary Health Centre, Agroha, Hisar. Total 150 adolescent girls (Aged 11-16 yrs.), who had attained menarche were only included in the study. A pre-designed pretested semi-structured questionnaire was prepared for collection of data. STATISTICAL ANALYSISMean and Proportions. RESULTSIn this study, 95.3% adolescent girls were aware of menstruation before menarche. In most of the cases mother was the most common source of information. Only 38.7% girls knew that bleeding occurs from uterus. A total of 71.3% girls were aware that the menstruation is a physiological process. Out of total, 80.7% girls used sanitary napkins during menstruation. In this study, 92% girls faced restrictions regarding religious matters. Eighty four percent adolescent girls took bath daily during menstruation and 90% washed their hands every time after visit to the toilet. Only 75.3% girls washed their external genitalia regularly. CONCLUSIONSIn this study knowledge was better than the practice; therefore, the adolescent girls should be educated about the process and significance of menstruation as well as use of proper pads or absorbents and its proper disposal.

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Menstrual hygiene among adolescent school students: An indepth cross-sectional study in an urban community of WestBengal, India

Cited by 32 publications

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"Practices Regarding Menstrual Hygiene Among Adolescent Girls in Railway Slum Area of Khulna City"

"Practices Regarding Menstrual Hygiene Among Adolescent Girls in Railway Slum Area of Khulna City"

WASH practices and its association with nutritional status of adolescent girls in poverty pockets of eastern India

Knowledge and Practices About Menstrual Hygiene Among School Adolescent Girls in Agroha Village of Haryana

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