Authors :
Paula Bankunda
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 4 - April
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8281058
Abstract :
General objective: To determine the factors influencing menstrual hygiene management among rural
teenage girls in Kagongi sub-county, Mbarara district.
ResearchProblem:UNICEF approximates that at least 1in 10 of girls that menstruate skip school for
4-5 days for every 28 days cycle and others dropout completely.An increasing number of studies such
as Loughnan et al, (2016) indicate that girls who struggle at school during menstruation are high in
low-income settings. This study aimed at establishing these factors that constrained adolescent girls to
perform safe menstrual hygiene practices.
Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional study that involved 102 respondents.
The study used a self-administered questionnaire, a focused group guide, and an observation checklist
as the data collection tools. A simple random sampling method was usedto reduce bias and every
respondent consented to participate in the study.
Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a low percentage ofteenage girls practicing safe
menstrual methodsat St. Paul's high school, Kagongisub-county, Mbarara district.
Recommendations: The Ministry of Educationto incorporate menstrual hygiene management into the
school curriculum. The government should train schools on how to make reusable sanitary pads to
make them accessible to every girl. The schools should construct girls' sanitary facilities with
washrooms and private rooms for changing adolescent girls.
Keywords :
Adolescent: Transitional stage of physical and psychological human development from puberty to adulthood. Health: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Menarche: The first menstruation period Menstruation: Normal vaginal bleeding from the uterus and vagina that occurs as part of a woman's monthly cycle. Menstrual hygiene management: women and adolescent girls use a clean menstrual managed material to absorb blood that can be changed in privacy as often as necessary for the duration of the cycle using soap and water for washing the body as required and having access to facilities to dispose of the used materials. Unsafe menstrual practices: Any menstrual practice that is unclean such as using non-recommended menstrual materials.
General objective: To determine the factors influencing menstrual hygiene management among rural
teenage girls in Kagongi sub-county, Mbarara district.
ResearchProblem:UNICEF approximates that at least 1in 10 of girls that menstruate skip school for
4-5 days for every 28 days cycle and others dropout completely.An increasing number of studies such
as Loughnan et al, (2016) indicate that girls who struggle at school during menstruation are high in
low-income settings. This study aimed at establishing these factors that constrained adolescent girls to
perform safe menstrual hygiene practices.
Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional study that involved 102 respondents.
The study used a self-administered questionnaire, a focused group guide, and an observation checklist
as the data collection tools. A simple random sampling method was usedto reduce bias and every
respondent consented to participate in the study.
Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a low percentage ofteenage girls practicing safe
menstrual methodsat St. Paul's high school, Kagongisub-county, Mbarara district.
Recommendations: The Ministry of Educationto incorporate menstrual hygiene management into the
school curriculum. The government should train schools on how to make reusable sanitary pads to
make them accessible to every girl. The schools should construct girls' sanitary facilities with
washrooms and private rooms for changing adolescent girls.
Keywords :
Adolescent: Transitional stage of physical and psychological human development from puberty to adulthood. Health: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Menarche: The first menstruation period Menstruation: Normal vaginal bleeding from the uterus and vagina that occurs as part of a woman's monthly cycle. Menstrual hygiene management: women and adolescent girls use a clean menstrual managed material to absorb blood that can be changed in privacy as often as necessary for the duration of the cycle using soap and water for washing the body as required and having access to facilities to dispose of the used materials. Unsafe menstrual practices: Any menstrual practice that is unclean such as using non-recommended menstrual materials.
