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Menstrual hygiene management in flood-affected Pakistan: Addressing challenges and ensuring women's health and dignity [PDF]

Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023
Pakistan's recent floods have worsened women's and girls' menstrual hygiene problems, compromising their health, dignity, and well-being. Supply chain issues, poor facilities, and cultural stigma limit menstrual products and hygiene management.
Zarnab Tufail, Wania Ahmer, Shanza Gulzar, Muhammad Hasanain, Hussain Haider Shah   +4 more
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Status of Use of Menstrual Hygiene Products and Genital Organ Hygiene Management in Unmarried Women [PDF]

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2018
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of use of menstrual hygiene products and genital organ hygiene management in unmarried women. METHODS: Data from 161 unmarried women were used for analysis.
Hye Jin Kim, So Young Choi
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Experiences, awareness, perceptions and attitudes of women and girls towards menstrual hygiene management and safe menstrual products in Pakistan [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe taboo of menstruation, lack of discussion on puberty, misinformation and poor awareness on menstrual hygiene management and limited access to safe menstrual products can negatively impact the physical and mental health of women and girls ...
Madeeha Malik, Ayisha Hashmi, Azhar Hussain, Waleed Khan, Nabia Jahangir, Anam Malik, Naima Ansari   +6 more
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Assessment of the barriers towards menstrual hygiene management: evidence from a qualitative study among school communities: lessons from Bahir Dar city in northwest Ethiopia [PDF]

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
BackgroundThe challenges of safe menstrual hygiene management practices in low-income settings, including the study areas are pressing. However, Studies specifically focusing on barriers that schoolgirls face in managing monthly menstruation in schools ...
Yimenu Adane, Argaw Ambelu, Muluken Azage, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen   +3 more
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Menstrual hygiene management interventions and their effects on schoolgirls' menstrual hygiene experiences in low and middle countries: A systematic review. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundInadequate menstrual hygiene management can result in physical, social, psychological, and educational challenges for schoolgirls. To address these issues, researchers have conducted intervention studies, but the impact on school attendance has
Balem Demtsu Betsu, Araya Abrha Medhanyie, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwet, L Lewis Wall   +3 more
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Menstrual hygiene management practice and its associated factors among in-school adolescent girls in Western Ethiopia [PDF]

Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2023
Background Adolescent girls should practice good menstrual hygiene to enhance their health and educational attainment. However, socio-cultural restrictions and limited water, sanitation, and hygiene in school environments continued to make it difficult ...
Naol Daniel, Gemechu Kejela, Firehiwot Fantahun, Markos Desalegn, Fantahun Guteta   +4 more
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Redefining menstrual hygiene management with menstrual cups through project Thinkal; from self care to environmental resilience [PDF]

Dialogues in Health
Proper management of menstrual hygiene is a topic of interest among women and is a requisite to the well-being of women and adolescent girls worldwide. But lack of information about menstruation and menstrual hygiene practices creates a culture of taboos
Parvathy Jayasree, Krishna Sreelekha Hemachandran   +1 more
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Menstrual hygiene management in public high schools in Ghana. [PDF]

Afr Health Sci, 2022
In the ten (10) regions of Ghana. The findings showed that most girls in Public Senior High Schools in Ghana had prior knowledge about menstruation from their mothers and sisters prior to menarche. It was revealed that majority of the girls mentioned hormones as the cause of menstruation, whilst others mentioned the uterus, bladder, vagina, and other ...
Abor PA.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices and Associated Factors Among Female High School Students in Awsi Resu, Afar Region, Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]

Health Science Reports
Background Poor menstrual hygiene management (MHM), characterized by inadequate use of clean materials, improper disposal, and poor hygiene practices, negatively impacts the health of reproductive‐age women.
Salahedin Getahun, Mohammed Abdu, Frewein Yilma, Adem Yesuf, Ali Yimer, Hassen Ahmed Yesuf, Bewuketu Belete Alemu, Alemken Eyayu Abuhay, Degsew Ewunetie Anteneh   +8 more
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The practice of menstrual hygiene management and associated factors among secondary school girls in eastern Ethiopia: The need for water, sanitation, and hygiene support

Women's Health, 2022
Background: During menstruation, school girls face obstacles connected to menstrual hygiene management in schools. Due to their monthly period, up to 20% of girls miss school globally, and one in ten will drop out entirely.
Jemal Hussein, Tesfaye Gobena, Tigist Gashaw   +2 more
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