Dignified Menstrual Practice among the Adolescent Girl Students

Abstract

This study entitled, Dignified Menstruation Practice among the Adolescent Girl Students, carried in Lekbesi municipaity, Surkhet district, aimed to find out and analyze knowledge and practice of DM, and relationship between DM practice and educational achievement among the adolescent girl students. This study was based on the sequential explanatory study design. In this study, quantitative dominated and qualitative data (QUAN + qual) had used as a supportive data. Out of 246 total, 128 adolescent girl students were taken as the population of this study through census method for quan study and two female teachers and four girl students were taken for qualitative study. Questionnaires (closed and open ended) were used to collect quantitative and in-depth interview guideline was used to collect qualitative data. The study found that the higher portion 41.4% of the respondents belonged to Class 9-10, of 14-15 years. And the average menarche age of the respondents, which was 12.96 years. This study found that the majority (25.3%) respondents belonged from class 11-12, whose knowledge about DM was far better than the respondent of 7, 8, 9, and 10 classes. Similarly, the highest (23.5%) respondents whose experience and practice on DM like using pad, menstrual cleanliness, pad management, used pad disposal and maintaining DM, had very good were belonged from class 11-12 in comparison to others classes, whereas the minority from class 7-8 and others' had somehow satisfactory. In this study, no relationship found between practice of DM and school regularity (0.37) and educational achievement (0.41). Based on the results of this study, it is concluded that knowledge and practice of DM is not enough among the girl students of the school. Also, by looking at the situation of knowledge and practice, it can be concluded that the upper grade girls have better. Similarly, this study also concludes that there is no relationship between DM practice, school regularity and educational achievement of girl students. Thereby, it is recommended that the DM related interventions and education are needed to increase awareness and practice to all girl students.