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Knowledge and practice of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in secondary schools of Herat, Afghanistan

open access: yesRazi International Medical Journal, 2022
Background: The experience of menarche is often confusing and causes ambivalence among adolescent girls due to their lack of information on the menstruation cycle and menstrual vaginal bleeding.
Goodness Ogeyi Odey   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Menstruation and menopause in autistic adults: Periods of importance?

open access: yesAutism, 2021
Autism spectrum conditions were once seen as a predominantly male condition. This has caused a paucity of information on common events in the lives of women, such as menstruation and menopause.
A. Groenman   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

School and work absenteeism due to menstruation in three West African countries: findings from PMA2020 surveys

open access: yesSexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2021
Reports of school and work absences due to unmet menstrual needs have prompted increased attention to menstruation in policy and practice. However, there appear to be few quantitative studies reported in published literature capturing the prevalence of ...
Julie Hennegan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessment of awareness, experience, and attitude of Saudi women about oral health changes during the menstruation: A cross-sectional study

open access: yesSaudi Journal for Health Sciences, 2022
Background: One of the systemic conditions that lead to several changes in the oral cavity is hormonal changes which occur during puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause, so the awareness of women about these oral changes during the menstruation ...
Abdullah Saleh Almutairi
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Decidual Subpopulations in Implantation, Menstruation and Miscarriage

open access: yesFrontiers in Reproductive Health, 2021
In each menstrual cycle, the endometrium becomes receptive to embryo implantation while preparing for tissue breakdown and repair. Both pregnancy and menstruation are dependent on spontaneous decidualization of endometrial stromal cells, a progesterone ...
J. Muter, Chow-Seng Kong, J. Brosens
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A sexual and reproductive health rights approach to menstruation

open access: yes, 2021
While increased attention to menstruation as a significant health issue for women and girls is positive, some menstrual interventions promoted by Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programmes primarily focus on hygiene, infrastructure, and ...
McLaren, Margaret A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

"I treat my daughters not like my mother treated me" : migrant and refugee women's constructions and experiences of menarche and menstruation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Menstruation is a material reality at some point in most women’s lives. Yet, the discursive meaning assigned to menstruating bodies and the way in which they are experienced is dependent on the sociocultural and historical spaces which they occupy (Lee ...
Ussher, Jane M. (R8741)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Productivity loss due to menstruation-related symptoms: a nationwide cross-sectional survey among 32 748 women

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objective To evaluate age-dependent productivity loss caused by menstruation-related symptoms, measured in absenteeism (time away from work or school) and presenteeism (productivity loss while present at work or school).
M. Schoep   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Menstruation and covid-19 vaccination

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2022
Latest evidence is limited but ...
Victoria Male
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Development and validation of a menstruation-related activity restriction questionnaire among adolescent girls in urban resettlement colonies of Delhi

open access: yesIndian Journal of Community Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Menstruation, a physiological phenomenon, till date is associated with myths, taboos, and malpractices. These interfere with the emotional, physical, and mental health of adolescent girls.
Suneela Garg   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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