Attitudes, beliefs and perception of menstruation related socio-cultural practices and menstrual hygiene management among in-school adolescent girls in Cross River State, Nigeria
Adolescents’ menstrual hygiene beliefs and practices
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Beliefs, Education, Menstruation, Menstrual Hygiene Management, Myths,Absztrakt
Background: Menstruation and its management in developing countries including Nigeria are often shrouded in inhibitory cultural myths, taboos and stigma. The study examined the perceptions of adolescent in-school girls about the teaching of menstruation and sexuality education in schools, socio-cultural practices associated with menstruation and how they managed menstruation was assessed.
Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was carried out among 1006 randomly selected urban and rural-based adolescent schoolgirls from both public and private secondary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria.
Results: Most (72.8%) of the respondents supported discussions about menstruation and the teaching of sexuality education in schools. Over 70% of the respondents were opposed to the prohibitive practices associated with menstruation, 80% of the girls used sanitary pads as menstrual absorbents.
Conclusions: The teaching of contextual sexuality education in Nigerian schools to address existing myths, beliefs and misconceptions about menstruation and its management should be encouraged and sustained.
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