The practice of menstrual hygiene management and associated factors among secondary school girls in eastern Ethiopia: The need for water, sanitation, and hygiene support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During menstruation, school girls face obstacles connected to menstrual hygiene management in schools. Due to their monthly period, up to 20% of girls miss school globally, and one in ten will drop out entirely. Three hundred thirty-five million girls attended school without access to running water or soap. In Ethiopia, 67% of girls have no access to education on puberty and menstrual health; menstrual hygiene management continues to be one of the major problems among school girls. Thus, context-specific assessment of the practice may be useful in developing customized intervention approaches. Thus, the objective of the study was to assess practices of menstrual hygiene management and associated determinants among secondary school girls in East Hararghe, Ethiopia from 1

SUBMITTER: Hussein J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8958694 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature