Page No 35-43
Manjula G Kadapatti and K. H. Genevieve
Smt. V.H.D Central Institute of Home Science, MCU, Bangalore
Menstrual hygiene is an integral part of menstruation in maintaining the reproductive
health of adolescent girls. It is crucial for the health, dignity and well-being of every girls
and women. In this study, sample of 100 adolescent girls from Bangalore rural were
taken randomly. The results showed that that majority of the respondents (72%) never
used iron on menstrual materials before reusing them. Only 64% of the respondents
sometimes had access to clean place to change absorbents. Majority of the respondents
(78%) did not undergo any poor menstrual hygiene symptoms whereas few respondents
undergo symptoms like redness (10%), itching (6%) and unusual discharge (6%) and
majority of the respondents (65%) did not undergo treatment and tolerate by themselves.
The present study concludes that moderate hygiene practices were followed among
the rural adolescent girls. Educational programme are in need of the hour to make cent
present girls are following good menstrual hygiene practices especially in rural area.