Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

Menstrual hygiene practices in context of schooling: A community need based study among rural adolescent girls in udupi Dist.

Saritat. Fernandes

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 Menstruation is a biological process just like defecation or urination. Maintaining hygiene during menses is important for women’s well being, mobility and dignity. Menstrual hygiene is important to prevent infection, local itching and bad odor.”Good personal hygiene” will keep you confident during these days. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: To assess the level of knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene.  METHODS: The descriptive research design and convenient sampling method was used to select 70 adolescent girls who had attained menarche in a selected school at Karkala, udupi district. Demographic performa and check list were used to collect data from the sample and the data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: The result shows that majority of the students (88.85%) are having good knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene, whereas 8.57% are having average knowledge and 2.85% are having poor knowledge.

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SaritaT.Fernandes, Menstrual hygiene practices in context of schooling: A community need based study among rural adolescent girls in udupi Dist., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2017

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