Earning pocket money and girls' menstrual hygiene management in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many adolescent girls in Ethiopia and elsewhere missed school during their monthly cycles due to a lack of affordable menstrual absorbent materials or money to buy sanitary pads. So far, few studies have looked into the relationship between earning pocket money and maintaining good menstrual hygiene. Hence, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesize the best available evidence regarding the association between earning pocket money and menstrual hygiene management among adolescents in Ethiopia.

Methods

We systematically searched PubMed, Hinari, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, ProQuest, POPLINE, African Journal Online, Direct of Open Access Journals, and Google Scholar for studies examining the association between earning pocket money and menstru

SUBMITTER: Sahiledengle B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9254547 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature