A Descriptive Study Regarding Awareness and Practices Menstruation among Adolescent Girls in Rewa City, Madhya Pradesh, India | Chapter 14 | Current Innovations in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 6

 The  present  study  climaxes  the  importance  of  adolescent  schoolgirls  receiving  adequate  information  about menstruation before menarche through menstrual cleanliness management programmes in schools. Adolescence, as delineated by the World Health Organization, is from 10 to 19 age old. According to the most current enumeration in 2011, there are 253 heap adolescents in India, or 25 portion of the entire culture. A girl's menarche marks the start of her reproductive existence and is a significant existence milestone. For many daughters, menstruation presents a challenge since a lack of clean items limits their partnership in social and instructional activities.A cross-divided study was carried out among 200 adolescent schoolgirls of 9th to 12th standard classes in schools of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India. A semi-organized questionnaire was used to accumulate data afterwards obtaining permission from the school Principals and conversant consent from parents. The goals, methods and suggestions of the study were explained to partners.  Mean age of the participants was 15.1 ± 1.54 years and mean age of menarche was 13.24±1.20 age. Most (68.5%) girls had perceived about menstruation before menarche; 91.5% solved that menstruation is a normal wonder; 87% used alone-use disposable clean pads and 6.5% used able to be washed without being damaged, reusable cloths. This study recommends that menstrual cleanliness, health and sexuality education programmes be administered at schools and also at first-contact medical care level, delivered by trained healthcare pros. This study reinforces the need to enable young girls and to cause them out of usual beliefs, taboos, impressions  and  restrictions  to  further  advance the  overall  picture  of  menstrual  health.  Males and women in the community should be learned.

Author(s) Details:

Alka Modi Asati,
Community Medicine Department, SSMC, Rewa, India.

Sandeep Singh,
Community Medicine Department, SSMC, Rewa, India.

Chakresh Jain,
Community Medicine Department, SSMC, Rewa, India.

Anvita Mishra,
Department of Community Medicine, Index Medical College, Indore, India.

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