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Menstrual hygiene practices in context of schooling: A community study among rural adolescent girls in Varanasi [1]

Up until now, poor menstrual hygiene in developing countries has been an insufficiently acknowledged problem. The lack of attention to this issue is striking as we cannot achieve several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), that is, 2, 3 4,5, and 5B. This study aimed to assess the level of awareness about menarche and hygienic practices during menstruation in context of schooling.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
01/01/2016
Sangeeta Kansal [3], Sweta Singh [4], Alok Kumar [5]
Indian Journal of Community Medicine [6]
41
1
39–44
Tags:
Women [7], Health [8], Sanitation [9], Education [10], Varanasi [11], Uttar Pradesh [12], Information [13]
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