The educational and pain management needs of young individuals in the UK and Ireland with primary or secondary dysmenorrhea

疼痛期影响高达95%的人谁吃，通常开始在青春期早期。尽管疼痛期是多么常见，但年轻人很少支持理解和管理疼痛，导致几个问题。首先，严重的经期疼痛经常导致年轻人错过学校/大学的日子，导致错过教育机会和学习成绩较差。其次，虽然大多数人谁经历过一些“时期疼痛”，在英国和爱尔兰的青少年目前接受教育的时期疼痛对他们的健康可能意味着什么。例如，英国大多数学生不熟悉子宫内膜异位症，尽管估计约有10%的人口患有这种疾病。最后，我们知道对疾病的信念会影响其管理。经期耻辱可能意味着疼痛的人不寻求医生的帮助，因为许多人可能担心经期疼痛不是一个有效的健康投诉。这个项目将确定在（i）信息和（ii）支持年轻人面临的可能影响他们对经期疼痛的理解和管理的差距。我建议使用三项研究，包括审查目前的月经教育需求，分析（一）如何在英国和爱尔兰的年轻学生了解他们的月经健康和（二）利益相关者的意见月经信息的年轻人的需求。这些研究将为社会中这一研究不足和被污名化的领域创造一个关键的证据基础，以期为未来的月经健康教育举措提供信息。

Painful periods affect up to 95% of people who menstruate and typically begin in early adolescence. Despite how common painful periods are, there is little support for young people to understand and manage pain, leading to several concerns. Firstly, severe period pain frequently causes young people to miss days at school/university, leading to missed educational opportunities and poorer academic performance. Secondly, though most people who menstruate experience some 'period pain', adolescents in the UK and Ireland currently receive little education on what period pain potentially means for their health. For example, most students in the UK are unfamiliar with endometriosis, though estimates suggest that about 10% of the population have this condition. Finally, we know that beliefs about an illness influence its management. Period stigma may mean that people with pain do not seek help from doctors, as many may worry that period pain is not a valid health complaint.This project will identify what gaps in (i) information and (ii) support young individuals face that may affect their understanding and management of period pain. I propose using three studies, including a review of current menstrual education needs, an analysis of (i) how informed young students in the UK and Ireland are of their menstrual health and (ii) stakeholders' views of menstrual information needs for young people. These studies will create a critical evidence-base for this understudied and stigmatised area in society, with a view to informing future educational initiatives for menstrual health.