MENSTRUATION DURING SCHOOL LIFE

Prevalence of menstruation disturbances and its relationship with quality of life in high school students in Qazvin city

Background: Menstruation disorders in female students in the early years of the menstrual cycle affect their physical, emotional and social functions. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of menstrual disorders among high school students in Qazvin city and its relationship with their quality of life. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 1000 female high sc...

Sexual Activity during Menstruation in The Holy Bible and Quran

Perceptions and practices on menstruation amongst Nigerian secondary school girls.

This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted amongst 550 secondary school girls in southeastern Nigeria to determine their perceptions, problems, and practices on menstruation. Majority of the students, (75.6%), were aged 15-17 years. Only 39.3% perceived menstruation to be physiological. Abdominal pain/discomfort, (66.2%), was the commonest medical problem encountered by the respondent...

Sexual activity during menstruation: a qualitative study.

This study utilized a grounded theory method to analyze qualitative narratives about sexuality and menstruation from 108 young women (ages 18-23; M = 19.8, SD = 1.07) and 12 young men (ages 18-24; M = 20.4, SD = 1.46). Five patterns were found: Sixteen women identified themselves as virgins and had not faced the issue of negotiating sex during menstruation. Among the 92 women who said they were...

Online Appendix for Menstruation, Sanitary Products and School Attendance

This Appendix provides details and expanded results for our paper, “Menstruation, Sanitary Products and School Attendance: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation”. In the main paper we present the data and experimental design. Our results show negative, although small, effects of periods on school attendance. We find no significant effect of modern sanitary products on reducing the small effect ...