Perception of Menstruation and Practices among Adolescents in Urban Field Practice Area, Bangalore: A Cross Sectional Study
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 11
Abstract
Context: World health organisation has defined Adolescence as the pe-riod between 10-19 years of life. Good hygienic practices such as the use of sanitary napkins and ade-quate washing of the genital area are essential during menstruation. Assessing the hygienic practices among adolescents can be used as a baseline tool for formulating health education strategies. The Objectives of this study was to assess the knowledge, Attitude and Practices regarding Menstruation among the adolescent school girls. Methods and Material: A Cross Sec-tional Study was conducted among 400 adolescent girls by probability proportionate sampling. Data was collected by using a pretested, semi-structured questionnaire. Results are presented in terms of frequency and percentages. Results: Mean age of study partici-pants was 14.16yrs + 0.9SD. Around 66.25% of students had heard about menstruation before attending menarche. Mothers were the main source of information. 80% of girls strongly believed that men-struation is a bothersome event. Ma-jority used sanitary napkins as ab-sorbent. Conclusion: The study revealed that 33.75% of adolescents were not aware about menstruation prior to menarche. 7.75% females were not allowed to go to school during men-struation. Thus the present study perceives the need to dispel miscon-ceptions regarding menstruation to improvise and promote good men-strual hygiene practices.
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Navya Sri Sreenivasa, Saraswathi Sakranaik, Ranganath Timmanahalli Sobagiah, Viswanath Viswanath
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