A cross-sectional study on menstrual hygiene practices among school going adolescent girls (10-19 years) of Government Girls Inter College, Saifai, Etawah

Authors

  • Nandini Gupta Department of Community Medicine, UPUMS, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh
  • Peeyush Kariwala Department of Community Medicine, Dr. RML IMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  • Anand M. Dixit Department of Community Medicine, UPUMS, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh
  • Parag Govil Department of Community Medicine, CMC, Ludhiana, Punjab
  • Mahima . Department of Community Medicine, UPUMS, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh
  • Pankaj K. Jain Department of Community Medicine, UPUMS, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20184010

Keywords:

Adolescence, Menstruation, Hygiene

Abstract

Background: Menstrual hygiene is a key concern of adolescent health. Females spend around six to seven years of their lives menstruating. Still the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is mostly neglected. Menstrual hygiene is a taboo; even females are uncomfortable discussing and educating their daughters about this topic. To understand the problem faced by females during menstruation specially in their adolescent age this study was conducted. This study was done to find out knowledge about menstrual hygiene, to study hygiene related practices among school going adolescent girls of Government Girls Inter College (GGIC), Saifai, Etawah.

Methods: School based cross-sectional study was undertaken among the adolescent school going girls of GGIC, who were purposively selected. All girls of between the age group of 10 19 years who have attained menarche were selected and the sample size came out to be 212.

Results: The mean age of attainment of menarche was 13.17 years with majority of girls having no idea about menstruation before menarche (76.4%). 48.6% girls used only sanitary pads as the absorbent material. It was concluded that there is significant association between the absorbent material used and the socio-economic status of the family (p=0.03173).

Conclusions: There is a need of accurate and adequate information about menstruation and its effective management. The restrictions which are imposed on girls during menstruation should be understood and dealt in a proper way. Thus this study was conducted. 

Author Biographies

Nandini Gupta, Department of Community Medicine, UPUMS, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh

PG 3RD YEAR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

Peeyush Kariwala, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. RML IMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine

Anand M. Dixit, Department of Community Medicine, UPUMS, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh

Associate Professor, Department Of Community Medicine

Parag Govil, Department of Community Medicine, CMC, Ludhiana, Punjab

Post Gradute Resident, Department of Community Medicine

Mahima ., Department of Community Medicine, UPUMS, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh

PG 3RD YEAR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

Pankaj K. Jain, Department of Community Medicine, UPUMS, Saifai, Uttar Pradesh

Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine

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2018-09-24

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Gupta, N., Kariwala, P., Dixit, A. M., Govil, P., ., M., & Jain, P. K. (2018). A cross-sectional study on menstrual hygiene practices among school going adolescent girls (10-19 years) of Government Girls Inter College, Saifai, Etawah. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 5(10), 4560–4565. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20184010

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