Relationship between Female University Students’ Knowledge on Menstruation and Their Menstrual Hygiene Practices: A Study in Tamale, Ghana
المؤلفون المشاركون
Ameade, Evans Paul Kwame
Garti, Helene Akpene
المصدر
Advances in Preventive Medicine
العدد
المجلد 2016، العدد 2016 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2016)، ص ص. 1-10، 10ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2016-07-25
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
10
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Positive perception about menstruation and good menstrual hygiene practice safeguards the health of postpubescent females by reducing their vulnerability to reproductive and urinary tract infections.
Using a questionnaire, a cross-sectional study involving 293 randomly selected female undergraduate students in northern Ghana assessed the relationship between knowledge on menstruation and the practice of safe menstrual hygiene.
Data collected was analyzed using GraphPad 5.01.
This study found that although majority of respondents (73.4%) were aware of menstruation before menarche, most of them experienced fear and panic when it occurred.
Mothers were the first to be informed when menstruation occurred, although teachers first provided them knowledge on menstruation.
Respondents’ knowledge on menstruation was average (57.3%) but their menstrual hygiene practice was good (80.2%).
Age ( p = 0.005 ) and course of study ( p = 0.0008 ) significantly influenced respondents’ knowledge on menstruation with older students as well as the medical and midwifery students being most knowledgeable.
Muslim rather than Christian female students practiced better menstrual hygiene ( p = 0.0001 ).
Average knowledge score on menstruation indicated a deficit of knowledge on the anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive system.
Increasing knowledge on menstruation had a positive and significant effect on practice of good menstrual hygiene.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Ameade, Evans Paul Kwame& Garti, Helene Akpene. 2016. Relationship between Female University Students’ Knowledge on Menstruation and Their Menstrual Hygiene Practices: A Study in Tamale, Ghana. Advances in Preventive Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096599
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Ameade, Evans Paul Kwame& Garti, Helene Akpene. Relationship between Female University Students’ Knowledge on Menstruation and Their Menstrual Hygiene Practices: A Study in Tamale, Ghana. Advances in Preventive Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096599
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Ameade, Evans Paul Kwame& Garti, Helene Akpene. Relationship between Female University Students’ Knowledge on Menstruation and Their Menstrual Hygiene Practices: A Study in Tamale, Ghana. Advances in Preventive Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1096599
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1096599
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر