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Knowledge, practices and restrictions related to menstruation in young

1 girls

Menstruation: a cross-sectional study on knowledge,belief,belief,

2 and practices among adolescent girls

3 Socio-cultural Taboos concerning Menstruation

 AUTHORS YEAR OF PUBLICATION

Pallavi Sharma, Nilanchali Singh, Anjali Tempe 2018

Aruna Marati Savanthe1, Vrushabhendra Halevoor Nanjundappa2 2015

K.Tamil Selvi, Dr.S.Ramachandran 2012

 OBJECTIVES
1) How educated are girls of the age group 12-17 on the topic menstruation? 2)the
different rituals that are followed during menstruation in different places.
3)Girls admitted that
they don’t consider menstruation as a normal process (may be related to a disease or
curse by the gods) and 66%of girls were completely unprepared for their first
menstrual experience.

1) Study related to a large number of beliefs and taboos relating to menstruation

exist in society. 2) Study
mainly related to movements
of the individual, restrictions of food and food habits,
avoidance of certain day-to-day rituals, and so on.

1) There are some practices of socio-cultural taboos concerning menstruation.

 KEY WORDS

Menstrual, Menstrual Hygiene, Myths

Adolescent girls, menarche, menstruation, myths

Socio- cultural , taboo, hygiene, menses

 LIMITATIONS
1) They did a survey of about 180 girls from mostly lower class people.

Girls were very reluctant to talk and give a survey about these myths and everything because

Talking to girls was a little difficult for us as they were afraid to tell these things in open
 2) all those who gave their consent about sharing th

from the starting they were made to feel like mens

because in theiropinion if thir parents comes toknow about this.. It wo

ve their consent about sharing the information regarding menstruation, myths

hey were made to feel like menstruation is something very un normal

comes toknow about this.. It would be very difficult

 were enrolled in this study.

in their lives and that they should not talk to people openly. So, extracting information from

for them to face their parents and other people in the society.
 3)

o, extracting information from them was a little difficult

 3) Girls who refused to participate in this survey were not enrolled.

m was a little difficult

4) Less number of girls gave t
4) Less number of girls gave their enrollment andconsent in this survey becase from they feel
that menstuation is a disease/ God's curse and not a normal p
/ God's curse and not a normal part of their life .