Abstract
Menstruation and menstrual hygiene remain a taboo in many rural areas. Early adolescent girls often face challenges in rural areas. Hence, a study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on menstruation and menstrual hygiene among early adolescent girls in selected rural School of New Delhi. The objective of the study was 1.) To assess the level of knowledge, attitude, practice 2) to associate the selected demographic variables with knowledge, attitude and practice on menstruation and menstrual hygiene in selected rural School of New Delhi. Descriptive design was adopted and the study was conducted in selected rural School of New Delhi. 70 early adolescent girls who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected as sample for study. Structured questionnaire was used to assess the level of knowledge; Likert’s scale was used to assess attitude and checklist to assess practice of menstruation and menstrual hygiene among early adolescent girls. Among the early adolescent girls of selected rural school 97.14% had good knowledge and 2.86% had poor knowledge. 92.86% and 7.14% had favorable and unfavorable attitude regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene respectively. 92.86 % and 7.14 % of early adolescent girls expressed good and poor practice of menstruation and menstrual hygiene respectively. The analysis revealed statistically significant association of knowledge with demographic variables religion and education status of father at p< 0.05 level. There is statistically no significant association of attitude and practice with demographic variables.
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