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Menstruation-Related School Absenteeism: An Urban Centre Study in the Northern Region of Ghana
, 2023 Menstruation-related school absenteeism significantly affects girls’ academic progress and general wellbeing. This study aimed to assess menstruation-related school absenteeism in an urban population in the Northern Region of Ghana.
Mirza Adil Beig (17326129) +10 more
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Euphemisms and Metaphors for Menstruation in the Old Testament and Two Ghanaian Bible Translations
Conspectus, 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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The Impact of Irregular Menstruation on Health: A Review of the Literature
Cureus, 2023 Women are considered to have an irregular menstrual cycle if their cycle length is less than 21 days or more than 35 days, accompanied by less or very severe blood flow. The prevalence of menstrual cycle irregularities varies across countries.
G. M. Attia +2 more
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International Journal of Women's Health, 2023 Background Although menstruation is a biological phenomenon, it is still subjected to secrecy, shame, and negativity. Schoolgirls lack access to appropriate sources of information about menstruation.
B. Betsu +3 more
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The social form of the secret. Gendered bodies, senses and menstruation
Digithum, 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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PLoS ONE, 2021 Background There is growing recognition of the importance of menstruation in achieving health, education, and gender equality for all. New policies in high income countries (HICs) have responded to anecdotal evidence that many struggle to meet their ...
D. Barrington +3 more
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The Menstrual Mark: Menstruation as Social Stigma
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, 2020 In this theoretical paper, we argue that menstruation is a source of social stigma for women. The word stigma refers to any stain or mark that renders the individual’s body or character defective. This stigma is transmitted through powerful socialization
Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, J. Chrisler
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Menstruation: science and society
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2020 Women’s health concerns are generally underrepresented in basic and translational research, but reproductive health in particular has been hampered by a lack of understanding of basic uterine and menstrual physiology. Menstrual health is an integral part
H. Critchley +20 more
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Ovarian hormones-autophagy-immunity axis in menstruation and endometriosis
Theranostics, 2021 Menstruation occurs in few species and involves a cyclic process of proliferation, breakdown and regeneration under the control of ovarian hormones.
Hui-Hui Shen +11 more
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Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2022 Adolescent girls in the U.S.A. often lack sufficient education on pubertal and menstrual health topics. This educational gap may be growing given the current decline in American elementary and middle schools' delivery of sexual health education ...
Margaret L. Schmitt +6 more
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