Timing and determinants of age at menarche in low-income and middle-income countries

T Leone, LJ Brown - BMJ Global Health, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Understanding the timing and determinants of age at menarche is key to
determining potential linkages between onset of puberty and health outcomes from a life …

Seeking synergies: understanding the evidence that links menstrual health and sexual and reproductive health and rights

LC Wilson, KH Rademacher… - Sexual and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Global efforts to improve menstrual health and sexual and reproductive health and rights
(SRHR) are fundamentally intertwined and share similar goals for improving health and well …

Menstrual knowledge, sociocultural restrictions, and barriers to menstrual hygiene management in Ghana: Evidence from a multi-method survey among adolescent …

S Mohammed, RE Larsen-Reindorf - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
On a daily basis, schoolgirls in low and middle-income countries discover blood on their
clothing for the first time in school environments without toilets, water, or a supportive …

[HTML][HTML] Physiology, menstrual cycle

DK Thiyagarajan, H Basit, R Jeanmonod - StatPearls [Internet], 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The reproductive system of a female, unlike men, shows regular cyclic changes that
teleologically may be regarded as periodic preparation for pregnancy and fertilization. In …

Knowledge and practice of adolescent females about menstruation and menstruation hygiene visiting a public healthcare institute of Quetta, Pakistan

J Michael, Q Iqbal, S Haider, A Khalid, N Haque… - BMC women's …, 2020 - Springer
Background The current study is aimed to assess menstruation-related knowledge and
practices of adolescent females visiting a public health care institute of Quetta city, Pakistan …

The intersection of menstruation, school and family: Experiences of girls growing up in urban cities in the USA

ML Schmitt, C Hagstrom, A Nowara… - … of Adolescence and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Evidence on USA girls' experiences with menstruation, especially in schools, remains
limited. This includes learning from low-income, urban and Black, Indigenous and People of …

Systematic review of educational interventions to improve the menstrual health of young adolescent girls

RL Evans, B Harris, C Onuegbu, F Griffiths - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To systematically review interventions that include an element of menstrual
education delivered to young adolescent girls. Design This was a systematic review and …

Indigenous Peoples' Experience and Understanding of Menstrual and Gynecological Health in Australia, Canada and New Zealand: A Scoping Review

D Ciccia, AK Doyle, CHM Ng, M Armour - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
There are a variety of cultural and religious beliefs and customs worldwide related to
menstruation, and these often frame discussing periods and any gynecological issues as …

Coming of age: a qualitative study of adolescent girls' menstrual preparedness in Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Jordan

R Ghandour, W Hammoudeh, R Giacaman… - Sexual and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Menstrual health is important for adolescent girls and is particularly compromised in
displaced communities due to restricted access to information and lack of private spaces to …

“Girls may bleed through pads because of demerits”: adolescent girls' experiences with menstruation and school bathrooms in the USA

ML Schmitt, C Hagstrom, C Gruer… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study was to better understand the role of school bathrooms in shaping the
menstrual experiences of adolescents in the USA The participants were Black and Latina …