A study on knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene among rural and urban adolescent girls in Udupi Taluk, Manipal, India

Background Adolescent girls often lack knowledge regarding reproductive health including menstruation hygiene which can be due to socio-cultural barriers in which they grow up. Objectives: To explore the knowledge, practices and sources of information regarding menstruation and hygiene among adoles...

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Main Authors: Kamath R, Ghosh D, Lena A, Chandrasekaran V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Makhdoomi Printers 2013-09-01
Series:Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.gjmedph.org/uploads/O2-Vo2No4.pdf