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6.1 RECOMMENDATIONS

1. There is need for continuous health education on menopause by health workers and the mass media not only for mid-age women but for other members of the society who would consequently be more emphatic toward their wives, mothers, sisters, aunts and friends as they go through this life change.

2. In a related strategy to enhance women’s knowledge, attitude, and adjustment practices towards menopause health workers in health facilities should establish well – women - clinics and social support networks for women over 40 years to meet regularly to discuss their health problems. In this way, they can share each other’s experiences while being advised by medical personnel.

3. There is need for more research on menopause (male andropuse) by health workers. Such research should be multidisplinary at all levels local, state, and national. Results of such research should be available to the communities involved and to the media for dissemination.

4. Female functional literacy should be encourage, in other words the education of women, particularly on health matters such as reproductive health and family health, is a very useful tool in loosening the hold of such misconceptions about menopause.

5. Health workers should recognize their roles as providers of information on important issues of reproductive health including menopause and in the provision of appropriate management of patients with signs and symptoms of menopause.

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