Menstrual hygiene and school absenteeism among Gambian schools: Preparatory phase for a RCT.

冈比亚学校的经期卫生和缺勤情况：随机对照试验的准备阶段。

• 批准号: MR/N027744/1
• 负责人: Belen Torondel Lopez
• 金额: $ 18.73万
• 依托单位: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FN027744%2F1
• 关键词: Menstrual; hygiene; absenteeism; among; Gambian

Poor menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls have been associated with school absenteeism and other health outcomes. Globally girls around the world have developed their own personal strategies to cope with menstruation. These vary greatly from country to country, individual's personal preferences, available resources, local traditions and cultural beliefs and knowledge or education. Some of the menstrual practices have been associated with different health outcomes (Bacterial vaginosis and urogenital infections)(9). Across the globe menstruation and its management also have important social and cultural implications which may in turn impact girl's lives. Absence from school, has been of particular interest to International organisations and research bodies working in this area such a WaterAid, the Water Research Commission and Plan International. These organizations report that in their experience girls' absence from school during menstruation can have both physical and psychological causes. A literature review we conducted in 2013 found there was good evidence that educational interventions can improve menstrual hygiene practices and reduce social restrictions but there was no quantitative evidence that improvements in menstrual knowledge and management methods reduce school absenteeism and urogenital infections. This work will contribute to increase the knowledge on the effectiveness of potentially scalable interventions to improve menstrual hygiene management, school attendance of Gambian schoolgirls and reduce urogenital infections.

青春期女孩月经卫生管理不善与缺课和其他健康结果有关。从全球来看，世界各地的女孩都制定了自己的科普月经的策略。这些因素因国家、个人的个人偏好、可利用的资源、当地传统和文化信仰以及知识或教育而大不相同。一些月经实践与不同的健康结果有关（细菌性阴道病和泌尿生殖道感染）（9）。在地球仪各地，月经及其管理也具有重要的社会和文化影响，而这又可能影响女孩的生活。在这一领域开展工作的国际组织和研究机构，如水援助组织、水研究委员会和国际计划，对缺课问题特别感兴趣。这些组织报告说，根据它们的经验，女孩经期缺课可能有生理和心理两方面的原因。我们在2013年进行的一项文献综述发现，有很好的证据表明，教育干预可以改善月经卫生习惯，减少社会限制，但没有定量证据表明月经知识和管理方法的改善可以减少缺课和泌尿生殖道感染。这项工作将有助于增加对潜在可扩展干预措施的有效性的了解，以改善月经卫生管理，冈比亚女学生的上学率和减少泌尿生殖器感染。

项目成果

Menstrual hygiene management practices and associated health outcomes among school-going adolescents in rural Gambia.

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247554
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: PloS one
• 影响因子: 3.7
• 作者: Nabwera HM;Shah V;Neville R;Sosseh F;Saidykhan M;Faal F;Sonko B;Keita O;Schmidt WP;Torondel B
• 通讯作者: Torondel B

Additional file 2: of A rite of passage: a mixed methodology study about knowledge, perceptions and practices of menstrual hygiene management in rural Gambia

附加文件 2：通过仪式：关于冈比亚农村经期卫生管理知识、观念和实践的混合方法研究

• DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7818866
• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Vishna Shah

Additional file 1: of A rite of passage: a mixed methodology study about knowledge, perceptions and practices of menstrual hygiene management in rural Gambia

附加文件 1：通过仪式：关于冈比亚农村经期卫生管理知识、观念和实践的混合方法研究

• DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7818860
• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Vishna Shah

Additional file 3: of A rite of passage: a mixed methodology study about knowledge, perceptions and practices of menstrual hygiene management in rural Gambia

附加文件 3：通过仪式：关于冈比亚农村经期卫生管理知识、观念和实践的混合方法研究

• DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7818875
• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: Vishna Shah

Effects of Menstrual Health and Hygiene on School Absenteeism and Drop-Out among Adolescent Girls in Rural Gambia.

• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19063337
• 发表时间: 2022-03-11
• 期刊: International journal of environmental research and public health
• 作者: Shah V;Nabwera H;Sonko B;Bajo F;Faal F;Saidykhan M;Jallow Y;Keita O;Schmidt WP;Torondel B
• 通讯作者: Torondel B