Menstrual hygiene in Ugandan schools: an investigation of low-cost sanitary pads
Menstrual hygiene in Ugandan schools: an investigation of low-cost sanitary pads
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DOI：
10.2166/washdev.2012.067
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发表时间：
2012-03-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Fisher, Julie
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作者：
Crofts, Tracey;Fisher, Julie
在水、环境卫生和个人卫生（WASH）部门，月经卫生管理（MHM）是一个基本上被忽视的问题。每天，低收入国家数以百万计的贫困女孩和妇女都在努力寻找清洁的洗涤用水、私人的更衣场所和足够的血液吸收材料。本研究旨在探讨乌干达女学生在管理月经卫生方面遇到的困难，并调查低成本卫生巾在多大程度上是解决方案的一部分。低成本的卫生巾，无论是可重复使用的还是一次性的，都是一种及时、简单和创新的手段，可以改善月经卫生，解决学校中与MHM有关的更广泛的问题。强调的其他因素是：缓解疼痛、教育、提供安全用水、清洁和私人厕所、卫生和安全的洗浴设施、使用肥皂、密封的废物处理点、私人干燥场所、肛门清洁材料以及有效的设施运营和管理战略。
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is a largely overlooked issue in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Every day, millions of menstruating girls and women in low-income countries struggle to find clean water for washing, private places for changing and adequate blood absorbing materials. This study aims to explore the difficulties experienced by schoolgirls in Uganda in managing menstrual hygiene and investigates the extent to which low-cost sanitary pads are part of the solution. Low-cost sanitary pads, either re-usable or disposable, are a timely, simple and innovative means of improving menstrual hygiene and of addressing a broader set of problems related to MHM in schools. Other factors highlighted are: pain relief, education, safe water provision, clean and private latrines, hygienic and secure bathing facilities, use of soap, sealed waste disposal points, private drying places, anal cleansing materials and effective facility operation and management strategies.