التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Evaluation of a menstrual hygiene intervention in urban and rural schools in Bangladesh: a pilot study |
| المؤلفون: |
Mahbub-Ul Alam, Farhana Sultana, Erin C. Hunter, Peter J. Winch, Leanne Unicomb, Supta Sarker, Mehjabin Tishan Mahfuz, Abdullah Al-Masud, Mahbubur Rahman, Stephen P. Luby |
| المصدر: |
BMC Public Health, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: |
BMC, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: |
2022 |
| المجموعة: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM), Adolescence, Bangladesh, Menstrual hygiene intervention, School absenteeism, Menstrual health and hygiene, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: |
Abstract Girls’ menstrual experiences impact their social and educational participation, physical and psychological health. We conducted a pilot study to assess the acceptability and feasibility of a multi-component intervention intended to support menstruating girls; improve menstrual care knowledge, practices, and comfort; and increase school attendance. We conducted a pre/post evaluation of a 6-month pilot intervention in four schools (2 urban, 2 rural) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We selected 527 schoolgirls (grades 5 to 10; aged 10 to 17 years) for a baseline survey and 528 girls at endline. The intervention included: 1) Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) packs– reusable cloth pads, underwear, carry bags and menstrual cycle tracking calendars, 2) education curriculum- pictorial flipcharts, puberty related-booklets, and teachers’ training to deliver puberty and MHM sessions, 3) maintenance- improvements to school sanitation, provision of disposable pads in the school office, provision of chute disposal systems for disposable pads, and gender committees to promote a gender-friendly school environment and maintenance of intervention facilities. We estimated intervention uptake and intervention effect by calculating prevalence differences and 95% confidence intervals using fixed-effects logistic regression. The intervention uptake was more than 85% for most indicators; 100% reported receiving puberty education, 85% received MHM packs, and 92% received booklets. Reusable cloth pads uptake was 34% by endline compared with 0% at baseline. Knowledge about menstrual physiology and knowledge of recommended menstrual management practices significantly improved from baseline to endline. Reported improvements included more frequent changing of menstrual materials (4.2 times/day at endline vs. 3.4 times/day at baseline), increased use of recommended disposal methods (prevalence difference (PD): 8%; 95% Confidence Interval: 1, 14), and fewer staining incidents (PD: − 12%; 95% CI: − 22, − 1). More girls reported being satisfied with their menstrual materials (59% at endline vs. 46% at baseline, p |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article |
| وصف الملف: |
electronic resource |
| اللغة: |
English |
| تدمد: |
1471-2458 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12889-022-13478-1 |
| URL الوصول: |
https://doaj.org/article/d8292a32f64e4336896130830277c721 |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsdoj.8292a32f64e4336896130830277c721 |
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