An Educational Intervention on Situational Awareness and Understanding of Menstrual Hygiene, Knowledge, Taboo, and Its Practices among School-going Adolescent Girls in Rural Areas of Belagavi, Karnataka
Background and Aim: Menstruation is a normal physiological event for teenage girls who reach reproductive age. Superstitions and social taboos nevertheless surround it. An inadequate understanding of the menstrual cycle might lead to risky hygiene practices. Despite such clinical and educational imp...
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Main Authors: | Nagma Khan, Arati Mahishale |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2024-05-01
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Series: | Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/amhs.amhs_13_24 |
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