Menstrual hygiene management practice and associated factors among secondary school girls in eastern Ethiopia: The influence of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inadequate water supply, poor sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in schools, insufficient puberty education and a lack of hygienic menstrual hygiene management (MHM) items (absorbents) cause girls in developing countries like Ethiopia to view menstruation as shameful and uncomfortable. However, there was little evidence of female MHM practice and associated factors among secondary school girls in eastern Ethiopia.

Objective

To assess MHM practice and associated factors among secondary school girls in eastern Ethiopia.

Design

Institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted.

Methods

A total of 473 secondary schoolgirls were selected using a stratified sampling technique. Data were collected using a self-administered structured ques

SUBMITTER: Girma R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11382241 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature