TY - JOUR
T1 - Menstrual hygiene management in public high schools in Ghana
AU - Abor, Patience Aseweh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Abor PA. Licensee African Health Sciences.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - in the ten (10) regions of Ghana. The findings showed that most girls in Public Senior High Schools in Ghana had prior knowledge about menstruation from their mothers and sisters prior to menarche. It was revealed that majority of the girls mentioned hormones as the cause of menstruation, whilst others mentioned the uterus, bladder, vagina, and other parts of the female reproductive system. A few of them had no idea what causes menstruation. The findings again revealed that most girls use sanitary pads, while some use other materials during menstruation. Less than half of the sample of girls in this study were able to change their pads twice daily or more. About half of the girls cleansed their genital parts only when bathing during menstruation using soup and water mostly. Half of the schools used pblic tap/standpipe as their main source of water and the rest used other sources of water. Also, most schools have toilet facilities.Some useful recommendations are proffered with the aim of improving MHM in public high schools in Ghana.
AB - in the ten (10) regions of Ghana. The findings showed that most girls in Public Senior High Schools in Ghana had prior knowledge about menstruation from their mothers and sisters prior to menarche. It was revealed that majority of the girls mentioned hormones as the cause of menstruation, whilst others mentioned the uterus, bladder, vagina, and other parts of the female reproductive system. A few of them had no idea what causes menstruation. The findings again revealed that most girls use sanitary pads, while some use other materials during menstruation. Less than half of the sample of girls in this study were able to change their pads twice daily or more. About half of the girls cleansed their genital parts only when bathing during menstruation using soup and water mostly. Half of the schools used pblic tap/standpipe as their main source of water and the rest used other sources of water. Also, most schools have toilet facilities.Some useful recommendations are proffered with the aim of improving MHM in public high schools in Ghana.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130058310&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4314/ahs.v22i1.11
DO - 10.4314/ahs.v22i1.11
M3 - Article
C2 - 36032493
AN - SCOPUS:85130058310
SN - 1680-6905
VL - 22
SP - 88
EP - 91
JO - African Health Sciences
JF - African Health Sciences
ER -