期间贫困:调查托莱多地区学校的流行率
Madison Feeley1, Ore Afon1, Taylor Gonzalez1
1The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Journal of women's health (2002)
|February 13, 2024
概括
月经贫困,即无法获得月经产品,影响着数百万人. 在俄俄州托莱多,青少年面临这个问题,由于无法获得月经产品,许多青少年错过了学校.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 月经健康 月经健康
背景情况:
- 月经贫困,定义为无法获得月经产品,是影响数百万人的全球问题.
- 尽管美国是一个资源丰富的国家,但美国的时期贫困率仍然很高.
- 这种现象不成比例地影响弱势群体,包括学龄青少年.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定在俄俄州托莱多的学龄青少年中周期贫困的流行情况.
- 评估贫困时期对学业出席和参与课外活动的影响.
- 了解在这个人口群体中与时期贫困相关的促成因素和生活经验.
主要方法:
- 采用了观察性,横截面的研究设计.
- 在收集数据之前获得了机构审查委员会批准.
- 参与者完成了一项全面的调查,评估了月经产品的使用,健康知识,态度和感知影响.
主要成果:
- 年龄较小的学生由于缺乏月经产品而更容易错过学校 (p=0.0084).
- 缺乏月经产品的主要原因是财务问题 (36.2%) 和运输不足 (18.3%).
- 9.4%的学生报告说,由于她们的月经周期,她们错过了上学,缺少产品是被引用的原因. 参与者还报告说,他们错过了体育和工作等其他活动.
结论:
- 在俄俄州托莱多的青少年中,月经贫困是一个明显的问题,反映了全球趋势.
- 缺乏获得月经卫生产品的机会导致学校缺勤,不适当的材料的重新利用,以及与月经的负面关联.
- 解决期间贫困对于青少年的福祉,学业成功和整体生活质量至关重要.
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