Mexican Adolescents' Experience of Menarche and Attitudes Toward Menstruation: Role of Communication Between Mothers and Daughters

Marván, Ma. Luisa; Molina-Abolnik, M.

doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2012.05.003

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“…In accordance with the study done in Uttrakhand, The positive association seen between premenarchal preparedness with pleasantness (feeling of grown up and womanhood) and negative association between preparedness to negative attitudes like secrecy, annoyance and worrying thoughts seen in present study are well supported by other published literature 19,23 .…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Socio-cultural Beliefs of Adolescent Girls towards Menstruation

Kapoor

Khari

2016

J. Nepal Paedtr. Soc.

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Introduction: Knowledge regarding physiology of menstruation and hygienic practices are poor in adolescent girls. Deep rooted social beliefs make their attitude more negative.Material and Methods: In a hospital based cross sectional study, one hundred adolescent girls who have attained menarche were interviewed with a pre-validated semi-structured questionnaire to assess their knowledge, experiences, effect of mother’s education on menstrual hygienic practices and factors affecting their positive and negative attitude.Results: Mean age of menarche was 13.28 (SD ± 1.42) years. Mothers were the first informant to 56% girls. Only 11% girls knew that menstruation is a normal biological phenomenon and 28% girls were mentally prepared before menarche. Readymade pads were being used by 46% girls. Most girls were forced to follow various restrictions during menstruation. Maternal education was significantly associated with use of readymade pads (p-value 0.031). Significant positive correlation was seen between premenarchal preparedness to pleasantness (r = 0.3215; p = 0.001) while negative correlation was found between preparedness to secrecy (r = -0.1549; p = 0.124), annoyance (r = -0.1421; p = 0.158) and worrying thoughts (r = - 0.2074; p = 0.038). Negative correlation was also seen between years of experience with menses to secrecy and worrying thought (r = -0.0162; p = 0.872 and r = -0.1033; p = 0.864 respectively).Conclusion: There is significant lack of knowledge, poor hygienic practices and negative attitude among adolescent girls that needs to be addressed by educating them and their mothers.J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2016;36(1):42-49

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Knowledge, Attitude and Socio-cultural Beliefs of Adolescent Girls towards Menstruation

Kapoor

Khari

2016

J. Nepal Paedtr. Soc.

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“…Our study and others have found that girls were usually ill-informed and unprepared at menarche (Chandra-Mouli & Patel, 2017). When girls are informed, they feel confident in managing first and subsequent menstrual periods (Marvan & Molina-Abolnik, 2012;Sumpter & Torondel, 2013). We found that information was acquired from mothers, sisters, friends and sometimes teachers, yet this was not always skills-based or accurate.…”

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Girls’ Menstrual Management in Five Districts of Nepal: Implications for Policy and Practice

Morrison

Basnet

Bhatt³

et al. 2018

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Discriminatory practices related to menstruation affect the social, mental and physical wellbeing of girls in many low-and middle-income countries. We conducted mixed methods research in five districts of Nepal to explore how menstruation affected girls’ ability to fully participate in school and community life. We conducted 860 structured interviews, 26 group interviews and 10 focus group discussions with schoolgirls in rural areas,14 semi-structured interviews with girls’ mothers, and 10 interviews with health teachers. Girls in all districts experienced social, material and information barriers to confident menstrual management. Menstrual blood was believed to carry diseases, and girls’ movement was restricted to contain ritual pollution and protect them from illness, spirit possession, and sexual experiences. Taboos prevented girls from worshipping in temples or in their home, and some girls were not allowed to enter the kitchen, or sleep in their home while menstruating. Teachers and parents felt unprepared to answer questions about menstruation and focused on the maintenance of restrictions. Teachers and students were embarrassed discussing menstruation in school and classes were not question-driven or skills-based. Gender disaggregated teaching of menstruation and engagement of health facility staff may have positive effects. Community participatory approaches that engage girls, their families and the wider community are necessary to address harmful cultural practices. Cross-sectoral approaches to provide clean, private, safe spaces for girls and increased availability of preferred materials could enable confident menstrual management.

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“…W o m e n ' s p e r c e p t i o n o f menstruation is varied and depends on many factors, particularly women's age, [1][2][3] daily activities, 4 the presence of dysmenorrhea, 5,6 and cultural and family conditions. 7,8 The studies done in adult women revealed that almost one third of studied women had reported that their menstrual period had a major negative impact on their daily life, especially in relation to their sex life and the practice of sports.…”

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Factors that impact on the perception of menstruation among female adolescents

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Introduction. It has been described that menstruation is perceived as a natural but cumbersome event, with a negative impact on women's daily life. The objective of this study was to identify the perception of menstruation among female adolescents and the factors that may affect it. Material and methods. Observational, crosssectional, comparative study in postmenarcheal adolescents with and without chronic conditions in two children's hospitals and two primary and secondary schools. Age, education level, type of population, date of menarche, and presence of dysmenorrhea were recorded. A previously validated questionnaire was administered to assess the perception of menstruation. Results. A total of 346 female adolescents were included. The most common perception of menstruation was negative in 65.6 % (n = 227), positive in 16 % (n = 55), discreet in 13 % (n = 45), and indefinite in 5.4 % (n = 19). The presence of a chronic condition demonstrated to be a protective factor against a negative perception of menstruation (odds ratio: 0.4 [95 % confidence interval: 0.20-0.78], p = 0.007). Conclusions. More than half of female adolescents had a negative attitude toward menstruation, but the presence of a chronic condition improved it.

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Mexican Adolescents' Experience of Menarche and Attitudes Toward Menstruation: Role of Communication Between Mothers and Daughters

Cited by 52 publications

References 30 publications

Knowledge, Attitude and Socio-cultural Beliefs of Adolescent Girls towards Menstruation

Knowledge, Attitude and Socio-cultural Beliefs of Adolescent Girls towards Menstruation

Girls’ Menstrual Management in Five Districts of Nepal: Implications for Policy and Practice

Factors that impact on the perception of menstruation among female adolescents

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