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The Meaning of Menstruation in Women with Mild Disabilities

Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies, 2022
Women with Disabilities have a greater social vulnerability both as Women and Persons with Disabilities. The stigma formed by the community greatly influences them in interpreting their menstruation.
Siti Rahmah, Wike, Retty Ratnawati
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Queering Menstruation: Trans and Non‐Binary Identity and Body Politics

Sociological inquiry, 2020
Menstruation has been historically known as a function of the female body that affects women. Trans and non-binary people face this biological function as a potential social signal of gender/sex identity.
S. Frank
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Prevalence of Premenstrual Syndrome and Quality of Life Among Health Science College Student [PDF]

, 2020
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a set of affective, behavioral and physical symptoms with appear in the luteal phase that could affect productivity and quality of life.
Kustriyanti, D. (Dwi), Rahayu, H. (Hermeksi)   +1 more
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Knowledge and practice of adolescent females about menstruation and menstruation hygiene visiting a public healthcare institute of Quetta, Pakistan

BMC Women's Health, 2020
BackgroundThe current study is aimed to assess menstruation-related knowledge and practices of adolescent females visiting a public health care institute of Quetta city, Pakistan.MethodsA questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was conducted.
J. Michael, Q. Iqbal, S. Haider, A. Khalid, N. Haque, Rabia Ishaq, F. Saleem, M. Hassali, M. Bashaar   +8 more
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Knowledge and practices related to menstruation among tribal adolescent girls

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2021
Background: Despite the fact that every girl has to deal with menstrual hygiene, there is a lack of awareness about the process of menstruation and proper menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls, especially from tribal backgrounds.
S. Kumari, Sunaina Sood, Supriya Davis, Suprakash Chaudhury   +3 more
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights and climate change about menstrual discrimination: a policy review in the context of Nepal

Frontiers in Global Women's Health
The conversation around climate, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and menstruation is increasing more than ever in Nepal. The discussion between climate and SRHR is more visible and it endeavors to develop the relationship between them ...
Radha Paudel, Devaraj Acharya, Tejaswi Mili Adhikari   +2 more
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OVULATION AND MENSTRUATION [PDF]

BMJ, 1934
To the Editor:— I should like to be given the opportunity of replying to Dr. Novak's letter inThe Journaldated April 21. I agree with Hartman that the disintegration changes in the endometrium during the anovular cyclic hemorrhage of the macaque and during menstruation in the human female are almost identical.
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Self-care strategies and sources of knowledge on menstruation in 12,526 young women with dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE, 2019
Introduction: Dysmenorrhea (period pain) is common and affects around three quarters of all young women under the age of 25. The majority of young women, for a variety of reasons, think of period pain as ‘normal’ and something to be managed or endured ...
M. Armour, K. Parry, Mahmoud A. Al-Dabbas, Christina Curry, Kathryn Holmes, F. MacMillan, Tania Ferfolja, C. Smith   +7 more
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Perception and practices of menstruation restrictions among urban adolescent girls and women in Nepal: a cross-sectional survey

Reproductive Health, 2020
Background Menstruation, a natural biologic process is associated with restrictions and superstitious beliefs in Nepal. However, factual data on women’s perspectives on menstrual practices and restrictions are scarce.
Amrita Mukherjee, Mingma Lama, Uddhav Khakurel, A. Jha, F. Ajose, Sanjeev Acharya, Kristina Tymes-Wilbekin, M. Sommer, P. Jolly, Pema Lhaki, S. Shrestha   +10 more
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Relationship between menstruation-related experiences and health-related quality of life of Japanese high school students: a cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health, 2023
Background Recently, there has been a growing global movement concerning menstruation, a healthy and natural physiological phenomenon in women. The disadvantages caused by menstruation are “gender-based obstacles.“ Adolescent girls are also under its ...
Motoyuki Nakao, Yuko Ishibashi, Yumika Hino, Keiko Yamauchi, Kotaro Kuwaki   +4 more
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