Menstrual hygiene among adolescent schoolgirls in Mansoura, Egypt
Menstrual hygiene among adolescent schoolgirls in Mansoura, Egypt
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10.1016/s0968-8080(05)26191-8
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2005-11-01
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El-Fedawy, S
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作者：
El-Gilany, AH;Badawi, K;El-Fedawy, S
了解经期卫生是青春期女孩健康教育的一个重要方面。这项研究对埃及曼苏拉664名14-18岁的女学生进行了调查，询问了所使用的卫生保护类型、更换护垫或布的频率、处理方式和月经期间洗澡的情况。在城市和农村地区的公立中学采用整群抽样技术选择女孩。数据收集通过一个匿名的，自我管理的，开放式的问卷在上课时间。使用卫生巾的显着预测因素是在家里，高，中等社会阶层和城市居住的大众媒体的可用性。卫生巾的使用可能在增加，但农村和贫困家庭的女孩并没有增加，个人卫生的其他方面普遍较差，例如不定期或在夜间更换卫生巾，月经期间不洗澡。缺乏隐私是一个重要问题。大众媒体是经期卫生信息的主要来源，其次是母亲，但大多数女孩说她们需要更多的信息。应将经期卫生教育与扩大的学校卫生教育方案联系起来。必须在家庭和学校提供有利于经期卫生的环境，并使卫生巾更便宜。(c)2005年《生殖健康问题》。All rights reserved.
Learning about menstrual hygiene is a vital aspect of health education for adolescent girls. This study among 664 schoolgirls aged 14-18 in Mansoura, Egypt asked about type of sanitary protection used, frequency of changing pads or cloths, means of disposal and bathing during menstruation. Girls were selected by cluster sampling technique in public secondary schools in urban and rural areas. Data were collected through an anonymous, self-administered, open-ended questionnaire during class time. The significant predictors of use of sanitary pads were availability of mass media at home, high and middle social class and urban residence. Use of sanitary pads may be increasing, but not among girls from rural and poor families, and other aspects of personal hygiene were generally found to be poor, such as not changing pads regularly or at night, and not bathing during menstruation. Lack of privacy was an important problem. Mass media were the main source of information about menstrual hygiene, followed by mothers, but a large majority of girls said they needed more information. Instruction in menstrual hygiene should be linked to an expanded programme of health education in schools. A supportive environment for menstrual hygiene has to be provided both at home and in school and sanitary pads made more affordable. (c) 2005 Reproductive Health Matters. All rights reserved.