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 correspondente), J Reeve (0000-0002-4364-2682), Alice Pitt
Ano2014
Volume24
Fascículo1
Páginas63-80
Data de publicação2014-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2014.867305
OpenAlexW2075206651
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências 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