“What’s going on in my body?”
Gaps in menstrual health education and face validation of My Vital Cycles®, an ovulatory menstrual health literacy program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21522541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felicity Roux (0000-0003-0982-149X, Curtin University, corresponding author), Sharyn Burns (0000-0002-1551-2805, Curtin University), Jan Hendriks (0000-0002-1177-8980, Curtin University), Huijun Chih (0000-0001-9294-0996, Curtin University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1141-1160 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Australian Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0311-6999 • E-ISSN: 2210-5328 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13384-023-00632-w |
| OpenAlex | W4377157693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 63 |
There is a high prevalence of adolescent girls with ovulatory menstrual (OM) dysfunction, which is associated with school absenteeism and mental health challenges. Low menstrual health literacy among this group has evoked calls to review OM health education. This qualitative study sought to explore gaps in current OM health education and to validate a holistic school-based OM health literacy program named My Vital Cycles ® . Findings are based on 19 written reflections, six focus group discussions and three interviews conducted with 28 girls aged 14–18 years from 11 schools, and five mothers. Six themes compared current OM health education with My Vital Cycles ® : understating health, comprehensiveness, resources, teaching, parents and cycle tracking. Future refinements to the program comprised: inclusion of the complete reproductive lifespan, use of visual media and developing a mobile application. These findings inform future research in a whole school approach, strengths-based teaching and changes in the health curriculum
Absenteeism · Curriculum · Environmental health · Focus group · Health care · Health education · Health literacy · Health promotion · Medical education · Menstrual cycle · Mental health · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Public health · Reproductive health · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Medicine · Menstrual Health and Disorders · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
Mixed Method Evaluation of My Vital Cycles®
Menstrual experiences of adolescent girls in schools
An ovulatory menstrual health literacy program within a Health Promoting School framework
Enablers and barriers of implementing a whole school approach to ovulatory menstrual health literacy
Perceptions and experiences of menstrual pain among Middle Eastern women living in Australia
Research Methods in Education
Content Analysis
What do young people think about their school-based sex and relationship education? A qualitative synthesis of young people's views and experiences
Distinguishing Features and Similarities Between Descriptive Phenomenological and Qualitative Description Research
Qualitative description – the poor cousin of health research?
Health literacy as a public health goal
Content analysis and thematic analysis
Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (Coreq)
Australian students’ experiences of sexuality education at school
The intersection of menstruation, school and family
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA)
Mentioning Menstruation
The Menstrual Mark
Negative Attitudes Toward Menstruation
Successful Qualitative Research
The Constant Comparative Analysis Method Outside of Grounded Theory
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |