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Prevalence and factors associated with menstruation-related school absenteeism among adolescent girls in rural northern Ghana

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2021
Background Although menstruation is a normal physiological process that begins in girls during adolescence, it has the potential to negatively impact on the self-esteem and education of girls particularly those from low- and middle-income countries.
Maxwell Tii Kumbeni   +3 more
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Insights into Menstruation: A Qualitative Exploration among School going Adolescent Boys of Central India [PDF]

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community Medicine
Introduction: Although from the beginning of first human life, menstruation has been there; still it has never been discussed as openly as it should have been.
Manjeet Mohanty   +4 more
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Euphemisms and Metaphors for Menstruation in the Old Testament and Two Ghanaian Bible Translations

open access: yesConspectus, 2023
This article discusses the metaphors for menstruation in the Old Testament. It aims to explore the metaphorical conceptualizations of menstruation in the Hebrew Bible and compare them with their translations in two Ghanaian Bibles (Twi and Gã).
Charles Owiredu
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Knowledge and practice of self-hygiene during menstruation among female adolescent students in Buraidah city

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021
Background: Menstruation is a physiological phenomenon that begins in females in adolescent age. Poor menstrual hygiene can result in significant reproductive disorders. However, improving the knowledge about menstruation even before menarche can improve
Hayam Al Mutairi, Saulat Jahan
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The social form of the secret. Gendered bodies, senses and menstruation

open access: yesDigithum, 2022
 In this article, I am going to show how the social form of the secret in Simmel’s sense traverses the sensorial experience of menstruation and perception policies towards menstruation. To achieve the above, I have divided the article into three sections.
Olga Sabido-Ramos
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Menstruation, Hygiene Practice and Menstrual Distress in Female Undergraduate Students

open access: yesWomen, Midwives and Midwifery, 2022
Background: Currently, there is no up-to-date survey on actual menstruation, including recent changes in the amount of menstrual blood loss in women as the age of the first menstruation decreases in Japan. Also, few study has examined whether temperature
Kumiko Kido   +3 more
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Menstruation among In-School Adolescent Girls and Its Literacy and Practices in Nigeria: A Systematic Review

open access: yesMedicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: Menstruation is a natural occurrence marked by the periodic release of endometrial cells within the uterine lining from the female genital area. Menstruation knowledge remains highly essential for young adolescents.
Chinomso Adanma Uzoechi   +4 more
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THE IMPACT OF MENSTRUATION ON SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Education Research Review, 2023
This article analysis the impact of menstruation on girl's school attendance and how that impact on women's participation in developmental issues. It is estimated that most girl-children miss attending classes when they are on a menstruating cycle. Since
THANDI S NGOMANE, MOKOKO P SEBOLA
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Menstruation Mediated: Monstrous Emergences of Menstruation and Menstruators on YouTube [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
AbstractThe chapter engages with feminist theories of the monstrous, performativity, and new materialism to examine how menstruation is negotiated and performed by young menstruators in the context of YouTube videos. It further asks what menstruation and menstruators can be(come) in the intersection of mediation and multiple cultural, material ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Menstrual Migraine

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 2004
The association between migraine and menstruation was determined using diary data from 155 women of median age 44 years (range, 15 to 58 years) who were not using hormonal contraception and attended the City of London Migraine Clinic, UK.
J Gordon Millichap
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