The effect of a school-based educational intervention on menstrual health: an intervention study among adolescent girls in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the impact of a school-based menstrual education programme on: (1) menstrual knowledge, beliefs and practices, (2) menstrual disorders experienced, and (3) restrictions on menstruating adolescents.

Design

Intervention study.

Setting

Araihazar area, Bangladesh.

Participants

416 adolescent female students aged 11-16 years, in grade 6-8, and living with their parents.

Interventions

A school-based health education study conducted from April 2012 to April 2013.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We randomly selected 3 of 26 high schools in the study area. We delivered 6 months of educational intervention by trained (by an obstetrician and gynaecologist) research assistants (RAs) on menstrual hygiene among school girls. RAs read

SUBMITTER: Haque SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4091465 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature