Socio-cultural factors associated with knowledge, attitudes and menstrual hygiene practices among Junior High School adolescent girls in the Kpando district of Ghana: A mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Good menstrual hygiene practice is critical to the health of adolescent girls and women. In Ghanaian public schools, the School Health Education Program which includes menstrual health education has been instituted to equip adolescents with knowledge on menstruation and its related good hygiene practices. However, in most communities, menstruation is scarcely discussed openly due to mostly negative social and religious beliefs about menstruation. In this study, we examined socio-cultural factors associated with knowledge, attitudes and menstrual hygiene practices among Junior High School adolescent girls in the Kpando Municipality of Ghana.

Materials and methods

A mixed method approach was employed with 480 respondents. A survey was conducted among 390 adolescent

SUBMITTER: Kpodo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531783 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature