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Puberty Experiences of Low-Income Girls in the United States: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Literature From 2000 to 2014
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Puberty is a critical period of development that lays the foundation for future sexual and reproductive health. It is essential to learn about the...
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Puberty Experiences of Low-Income Girls in the United States: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Literature From 2000 to 2014
puberty_experiences_of_low-income_girls_in_the_united_states_herbert.pdf (706.67k)
Mexican Adolescents’ Experience of Menarche and Attitudes Toward Menstruation: Role of Communication Between Mothers and Daughters
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
First, to explore the kind of information that Mexican mothers give their daughters about menstruation before their menarche, and to study the impact...
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Mexican Adolescents’ Experience of Menarche and Attitudes Toward Menstruation: Role of Communication Between Mothers and Daughte (100.35k)
India Moves Towards Menstrual Hygiene: Subsidized Sanitary Napkins for Rural Adolescent Girls—Issues and Challenges
Maternal and Child Health Journal
Abstract: The onset of menstruation is one of the most important physiological changes occurring among girls during the adolescent years....
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India Moves Towards Menstrual Hygiene: Subsidized Sanitary Napkins for Rural Adolescent Girls—Issues and Challenges (180.07k)
‘The Girl with her Period is the one to Hang Her Head’ Reflections on Menstrual Management Among Schoolgirls in Rural Kenya
BMC International Health and Human Rights
Abstract: The onset of menstruation is a landmark event in the life of a young woman. Yet the complications and challenges that can...
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‘The Girl with her Period is the one to Hang Her Head’ Reflections on Menstrual Management Among Schoolgirls in Rural Kenya (247.61k)
School Menstrual Hygiene Management in Malawi: More than Toilets
WaterAid, Sanitation and Hygeine Applied Research for Equity (SHARE)
This study answers a call from WaterAid (2009) for ‘evidence from the field’ that provides data on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) for school...
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Full report available online from IRC WASH
School Menstrual Hygiene Management in Malawi: More than Toilets (499.36k)
Menstrual Hygiene: Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent School Girls of Saoner, Nagpur District
Journal of Clinical Diagnostic Research
Background: Menstruation is generally considered as unclean in the Indian society. Isolation of the menstruating girls and restrictions being imposed...
2011EnglishRead More
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Menstrual Hygiene: Knowledge and Practice among Adolescent School Girls of Saoner, Nagpur District (104.79k)
Menstruation and Menstrual Hygiene amongst Adolescent School Girls in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria
African Journal of Reproductive Health
Abstract: This study examined the knowledge and practices of adolescent school girls in Kano, Nigeria around menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Data...
2010EnglishRead More
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Menstruation and Menstrual Hygiene amongst Adolescent School Girls in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria (925.08k)
Where the Education System and Women’s Bodies Collide: The Social and Health Impact of Girls’ Experiences of Menstruation and Schooling in Tanzania
Journal of Adolescence
Abstract: The global development community has focused in recent decades on closing the gender gap in education, but has given insufficient attention...
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Where the Education System and Women’s Bodies Collide: The Social and Health Impact of Girls’ Experiences of Menstruation and Sc (147.53k)
The Impact of Pre-Menarcheal Training on Menstrual Practices and Hygiene of Nigerian Schoolgirls
Pan African Medical Journal
The objectives of this study were to ascertain the prevalence of pre-menarcheal training among school girls surveyed in Enugu State, Nigeria and to...
2009EnglishRead More
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The Impact of Pre-Menarcheal Training on Menstrual Practices and Hygiene of Nigerian Schoolgirls (141.78k)
Ideologies of Sexuality, Menstruation and Risk: Girls’ Experiences of Puberty and Schooling in Northern Tanzania
Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care
Abstract: This paper examines girls' voiced experiences of menstruation, puberty and schooling in northern Tanzania. The study was conducted in Moshi...
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