%0 Journal Article
%T Challenges Associated with Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent Girls Attending Bocharia Primary School in Nyamira County, Kenya
%A Martha Bosibori Manyara
%A Okubatsion Tekeste Okube
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 1610-1624
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2023.139135
%X <strong>Background:</strong> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Approximately, half a million of adolescent girls in the world feel frustrated
during their monthly period due to poor menstrual hygiene practices. In the low-and-middle
income countries, about three-quarters of girls do not have access to clean sanitary
materials, and use low-quality products. In the Sub-Saharan African countries, menstruation
among school-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">age girls is a neglected issue. Poor menstrual hygiene practices expose adolescent
girls to reproductive organ infections, psychosocial stress, and poor </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">school attendance. However, the available data concerning
challenges asso</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ciated with menstrual hygiene among school girls in the remote
areas of Kenya remains unknown. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Aim:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> To assess challenges associated with
menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls attending Bocharia Primary School in Nyamira
County, Kenya. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> The target population was grade 4 to 8 adolescent
girls (n = 111) aged 10</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">19 years. Hence, census method of sampling was used to include all the girls
in grade 4</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">8. Raw data was obtained using a Semi-structured questionnaire which was tested
by a representation of 11 girls (10% of the sample size) who had the same characteristics.
Data was analyzed using SPSS version 21 with both descriptive and inferential statistics.
In descriptive
%K Kenya
%K Menstrual Hygiene
%K Menstrual Hygiene Practices
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=128001