Systematic review of educational interventions to improve the menstrual health of young adolescent girls.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To systematically review interventions that include an element of menstrual education delivered to young adolescent girls.

Design

This was a systematic review and meta-analysis. Selected articles were quality assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool quality appraisal checklist. A meta-analysis was conducted on a subset of articles, and the effect size of the intervention was calculated using Cohen's d. A logic model was constructed to frame the effect of menstrual education interventions on menstrual health.

Setting

Papers reporting on interventions in high-income and low-income and middle-income countries were sought.

Information sources

Seven electronic databases were searched for English-language entries that were published between January

SUBMITTER: Evans RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9185475 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature