Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018
Perception and Practices regarding Menstruation among School going Adolescent girls of Block Hazratbal,Srinagar:A Crossectional study.
Dr Yangchen Dolma, Dr Taha Ayub
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Objective:To assess the perception about and practices during about menstruation among school going adolescent girls of Harwan Zone, Block Hazratbal. Design :It was a Community based Crossectional study .Study area included all the government schools of the area.Methodology :Interview of the adolescent girls who had attained menarche and who were willing to participate in the study was done based on predesigned close ended questionnaire. The questionnaire was self administered to all the girls. Analyses was done by IBM SPSS Statistics 23. Mean age of menarche was 12.46 with SD 3.068. Results : Majority of the girls (53.3%) were scared at the time of menarche. Mostly, the source of information about menstruation was mother.(55.5%).73.3% of the girls consider it as a natural process. Restriction of activity was found in 51.1% of respondents with absenteeism from school in 28.9%. Restriction of sour and cold food was found in 20% and 17.8% of the girls respectively. Majority (77.8%) used to discuss about menstruation with their mother.99.1% had the habit of using pads.Regarding cleaning of genitalia, 33.3% used water, 44.4% used both water and soap and 11.1% used water and antiseptic. Health Seeking behaviour among these girls was only 4.4% Recommendation: Our study emphasizes on increasing awareness about every aspect of menstruation among adolescent girls before menarche . School can serve as a platform wherein girls can be educated and counselled about various issues and their concerns. Inter sectoral coordination with health and ICDS, Anganwadi centres is needed for increasing awareness, coverage of services and health seeking behaviour.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Dr Yangchen Dolma, Dr Taha Ayub, Perception and Practices regarding Menstruation among School going Adolescent girls of Block Hazratbal,Srinagar:A Crossectional study., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018
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Dr Yangchen Dolma, Dr Taha Ayub, Perception and Practices regarding Menstruation among School going Adolescent girls of Block Hazratbal,Srinagar:A Crossectional study., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018
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