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

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ID7744331
AutoresEmily Wilson (0000-0003-4350-6012, Google (United States), autor de correspondencia), J Reeve (0000-0002-4364-2682), Alice Pitt
Año2014
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas63-80
Fecha de publicación2014-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2014.867305
OpenAlexW2075206651
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas4

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