Education. Period. Developing an acceptable and replicable menstrual hygiene intervention

Bibliographic Data

ID7744331
AuthorsEmily Wilson (0000-0003-4350-6012, Google (United States), corresponding author), J Reeve (0000-0002-4364-2682), Alice Pitt
Year2014
Volume24
Issue1
Pages63-80
Publication date2014-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2014.867305
OpenAlexW2075206651
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited4

This paper summarises pilot work by Irise International to develop an acceptable and replicable solution to menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in East Africa based around the manufacture of a reusable pad. The paper presents a theoretical justification for the approach and the results of pilot work used to develop it, including baseline menstrual hygiene practices and their relationship to school absenteeism in schoolgirls in western Kenya, the short-term impact of training girls to make a reusable product on school absenteeism using a partial preference, parallel group randomised control trial, and an assessment of the acceptability of the approach

Absenteeism · Hygiene · Medical education · Political science · Engineering · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology