OBJECTIVE To evaluate that habitual behaviors related to genital hygiene in women living in a Health Care Center Area. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 400 women were sampled to represent women in reproductive ages (15-49 ages) living in the Park Health Care Center Area, Ankara, Turkey between June and September 2008. Three hundred and eighty-six (96.5%) women were interviewed for evalu...

Background A lack of adequate guidance on menstrual management; water, disposal, and private changing facilities; and sanitary hygiene materials in low- and middle-income countries leaves schoolgirls with limited options for healthy personal hygiene during monthly menses. While a plethora of observational studies have described how menstrual hygiene management (MHM) barriers in school impact gi...

Abstract Inadequate menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) pose a great challenge for working women, affecting their productivity, job satisfaction, attendance, advancement, also have implications employers. Yet, there has been little research to quantify the impacts of poor MHH conditions nor consider value add workplace programs. As part USAID's Water Sanitation Hygiene Partnerships Learning Sust...

Adolescents are at risk of health problems, especially when they face signs adolescent development during puberty, namely menstruation. tend to be less likely maintain personal hygiene menstruation (personal menstrual hygiene). Improper behavior in adolescents can cause reproductive tract infections and other problems. The purpose this activity is increase the knowledge insight general method d...

Background: Menstruation is a natural and physiologic process that is managed based on various socio-cultural habits and behaviors. Cultural beliefs about menstruation can improve or worsen menstrual health behavior. The present study aimed to explore the cultural beliefs about menstrual health in Bam city, Iran. Materials and Methods: This is a qualitative study with Directed Content Analysis...

Background: Awareness about menstruation and menstrual hygiene is an important aspect of health education for adolescent girls pre-menopausal women. Taboos socio-cultural restrictions still overcome the scientific facts hygienic practices among females different communities. The present study was designed to assess knowledge, awareness, beliefs, regarding undergraduate postgraduate Amritsar cit...

Background: Menstruation is a phenomenon which cyclic shedding of endometrium and the most important physical change that occurs among girls during adolescence. In India, lack safe sanitary facilities narrow approach to products hygiene lead increase in adopting unhygienic practices managing menstruation. The objectives this study were: enumerate common menstrual morbidities girls; knowledge at...

Dysmenorrhoea, premenstrual syndrome and menstrual hygiene are leading contributors to the burden of disease borne by adolescent secondary school girls and this study sought to determine the prevalence of menstruationrelated problems among adolescent school girls in southern Nigeria. A crosssectional study design was used with a minimum sample size of 601 derived over 4 different centres (2 rur...

Menstrual hygiene merupakan komponen kebersihan reproduksi perorangan berupa tindakan untuk memelihara kesehatan dan alat pada saat menstruasi. Pengetahuan remaja tentang masih kurang, karena pengetahuan yang baik faktor penentu dalam reproduksi. Tujuan penelitian adalah mengetahui Tingkat Remaja Putri Dengan Derilaku Hygiene Siswi Kelas X. Jenis ini survey analitik dengan menggunakan rancangan...