Menarche and menstruation

Despite being a phenomenon unique to girls, this has always been surrounded by secrecy and myths in many societies. Taboos surrounding menstruation exclude women and girls from many aspects of social and cultural life. Some of these are helpful, but others have potentially harmful implications (Kaiser, 2008). The main objective of the present study was to assess the myths associated with menarche and menstruation among tribal females of Kargil.

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The study was planned to assess the Menstrual Hygiene Management of Rural adolescent girl’s. The source of information regarding menstruation, and also to assess hygiene practices among them. Exploratory study was conducted with focused group discussions and self reported questionnaire. The study was carried out in Rural Telangana area. Major findings of the study were , that among the 120 adolescent girls, 68% were between 13 and 16 years. A maximum of 37% were having first menarche at the age of 12- 13yrs. 76% had regular cycles. Maximum 56% had Medium Menstrual flow usually.

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Adolescence is a transition period from childhood to adult life during which pubertal development and sexual maturation take place, thus making physiological development a challenge adolescents have to face. There is a substantial lacuna in the knowledge towards menstruation among adolescent girls; hence, an attempt was made to study on Menstruation and Personal hygiene among Adolescent girls. Ex post facto research design was used for the study. The locale of the study was Midjil of Mahabubnagar district in Telangana State.

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