[PDF] Top 20 Knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls

... The word adolescence is derived from Latin word “adolescere” which means “to grow” or “to mature”. WHO defines the adolescence as a period between 10 years to 19years (http://www. who.int/ topics/ adolescent_ health/en). ... See full document

... on knowledge on menstrual ...are adolescent girls of urban areas as well as rural ...fifteen adolescent girls from 9th, 10th, 11th and 12 th standard were selected for the ...the ... See full document

... of adolescent girls of selected slums in Kathmandu valley had inadequate knowledge regarding ...menstruation. Menstrual hygiene practice was good among a large ... See full document

... the knowledge regarding normal physiological process of menstruation and maintenance of menstrual hygiene was quite less among the adolescent ...girls. Menstrual ... See full document

... in adolescent reproductive and sexual health will yield dividends in terms of delaying age at marriage, reducing incidence of teenage pregnancy, meeting unmet contraception need, reducing the maternal mortality, ... See full document

... India. Among the adolescent school going girls in the field practice area of the Rural Health Unit and Training Centre during study period of 6 month from July 2017 to December ... See full document

... the adolescent girls belong to 13 to 19 yrs age. Girls who did not attain menarche were excluded from the ...eligible girls were included in the study in the randomly selected schools till the ... See full document

... good menstrual hygiene knowledge and practices among adolescent ...mother’s knowledge on menstrual hygiene management can go a long way in improving ... See full document

... Hindu adolescent girls were ...had knowledge about distribution of Iron and Folic Acid tablets (IFA) and 110 ...making girls aware about Sexual and Reproductive Health ...(21.1%) girls ... See full document

... The girls were given a self-administered semi structured pretested questionnaire in local language to obtain details regarding their age, mothers education, and their own knowledge, attitude, ... See full document

... Menstrual hygiene plays an important role in reducing the risk of reproductive tract ...the girls should be educated about the facts of menstruation and proper hygienic practices during ...proper ... See full document

... conducted among 595 randomly selected adolescent school ...school-dropout girls and four female teachers, and four focus group discussions among school girls were conducted in ...of ... See full document

... if adolescent girls were part of the age range, as were studies with mixed designs and studies where MHM was not the main ...OR menstrual OR menses ’ AND ‘ hygiene OR hygienically OR ... See full document

... Introduction: Menstrual hygiene management has not received adequate attention in the reproductive health sectors in developing countries ...the practice of menstrual hygiene management ... See full document

... years. Adolescent girls constitute about one fifth of the female’s population in the ...2 Adolescent is a special period in girls life cycle which needs special and specific attention 3 ... See full document

... proper hygiene education are the prime objective of Bangladesh ...and adolescent girls, though it is necessary to put special concentration on their reproductive ...health. Knowledge about ... See full document

... beforeevery adolescent girl, which is a normal body function in ...it Girls are affected by old women tales, thus, early in the first fewyears during the puberty period; a young girl is conditioned to ... See full document

... 97,070 girls were extracted for systemic review and meta-analysis to assess the status of menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in India to determine unmet needs by ... See full document

... Adolescent girls constitute a vulnerable group not only with respect to their social status but also in relation to their ...of menstrual hygiene was inadequately acknowledged and has not ... See full document

... the girls first experience menstruation and good hygiene is essential during this ...period. Menstrual hygiene is an issue that is insufficiently acknowledged and has not received adequate ... See full document