OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of a school-based menstrual education programme on: (1) menstrual knowledge, beliefs and practices, (2) menstrual disorders experienced, and (3) restrictions on menstruating adolescents. DESIGN Intervention study. SETTING Araihazar area, Bangladesh. PARTICIPANTS 416 adolescent female students aged 11-16 years, in grade 6-8, and living with their parents. ...

Original Article Background: Menarche is a significant milestone in the transitory developmental journey of an adolescent. Poor personal hygiene and defective menstrual management practices give rise to repeated reproductive tract infections (RTIs), which are otherwise preventable. Objectives: To access menstrual hygiene and practices of rural adolescent girls. 2 To find out menstrual disorders...

INTRODUCTION An increasing number of studies have found that girls in low-income settings miss or struggle at school during menstruation if they are unable to manage their menstrual hygiene effectively. This study explores the menstrual hygiene practices and knowledge of girls at rural government primary schools in the Rukungiri district in Uganda and assesses the extent to which poor menstrual...

Menstruation is a phenomenon unique to the females. Menstruation, the periodic vaginal bleeding that occurs with the shedding of the uterine mucosa, is one of the important signs of puberty and occurs one or two years following appearance of secondary sexual characteristics. The first menstruation (menarche) occurs between 11 and 15 years with a mean age of 13 years. Once established, every mat...

It is a normal human tendency to 'run for your life' when an earthquake occurs. Adolescent girls and women of reproductive age leave their homes with only the clothes they are wearing to save their own and their families' lives. Immediate disaster relief aid with its (unintentional) lack of gender sensitivity has little or no materials for the appropriate management of menstrual hygiene. The bi...

Background: Reproductive health is a vital issue in development that impacts people's mortality, morbidity and life expectancy. The importance of maintaining reproductive because it can cause diseases, namely tract infections, especially young women. WHO data 2007 the highest incidence infections occurs adolescents, 35%-42%. purpose this study was to determine relationship between level knowled...