Assessment of Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Practice, Associated Factors and its Effects among School Girls of Northern Shewa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gebremariam, Mulugeta Betre(Assoc. Prof.-Dr.) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Emyu, Solomon(MD, MPH) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsedeke, Engidashet | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-30T06:05:25Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:40:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-30T06:05:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:40:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Back ground: Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is a process of managing menses wi necessary supplies and conditions by health and development promoted. Adolescents and youtespecially school girls in the rural area are the prime victims of MHM problems. MHM challengein low and middle income countries gain global attention recently. Generating context specifevidences would have paramount importance to design proper interventions. Objective: To assess menstrual hygiene management practice, associated factors and its effecamong school girls of Mida Woremo District in North Shewa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2019/20 Method: School based cross-sectional study design with stratified sampling procedure waapplied. Samples were selected by lottery method from each stratum. Data was collected by sel administered questionnaire, FGDs and observation. Data was entered to Epidata version 4.6.2 anexported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Both descriptive and binary logistic regressioconducted for quantitative and thematic analysis for qualitative part. Association expressed terms of COR and AOR with 95% CI by using p-value<0.05 as cutoff point. Result and Conclusion: Response rate of the study was 98%. MHM practice among schogirls was 39% (95%CI: 35%, 44%). Good knowledge, father’s occupation (government emplo other), family income ≤3350, have no pocket money, having TV and having private water linewere significantly associated with MHM practice. Both health related (depression, illness/painand development related (absenteeism, distraction of concentration etc.) problems were commoamong school girls. Improving knowledge of school girls and the general public, strengtheningexisting intervention and its monitoring and evaluation and cooperation and integration wouhave benefit of in improving MHM practices among school girls. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/29436 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Menstrual hygiene, MHM practices, effects of MHM, school girls | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Practice, Associated Factors and its Effects among School Girls of Northern Shewa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |