性工作场所的水,卫生和卫生,以支持月经需求
Penelope A Phillips-Howard1, Edyth Osire2, Cynthia Akinyi2
1Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
肯尼亚大多数女性工作者场所缺乏足够的水,卫生和卫生 (WASH) 设施,阻碍了月经健康和卫生 (MHH). 迫切需要改进,以确保这个弱势群体安全和有尊严的MHH.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 适当的月经健康和卫生 (MHH) 对妇女的健康和平等至关重要.
- 女性性工作者 (FSW) 由于工作环境,在维持MHH方面面临着独特的挑战.
- 没有先前的研究评估了水,环境卫生和卫生 (WASH) 条件,专门针对FSW.
研究的目的:
- 在肯尼亚西部基苏穆的FSW场馆对WASH和MHH条件进行横截面评估.
- 确定FSW可用的WASH和MHH设施中的特定缺陷.
- 提供数据,以倡导为FSW提供更好的MHH支持.
主要方法:
- 在基苏穆的77个已确定场地中,选择了47个FSW场地的随机样本.
- 训练有素的研究人员在Android平板电脑上使用标准化调查来收集WASH数据.
- 根据对设施的直接观察,计算了WASH和MHH分数,并使用非参数测试进行分析.
主要成果:
- 只有29.8%的场馆完全符合WASH标准;34.0%缺乏足够的WASH设施.
- 46.8%的场馆没有专门的女性所,25.5%的场馆缺乏有肥和水的私人空间.
- 只有十分之一的场馆提供了足够的MHH设施,妓院和酒吧的条件最差.
结论:
- 在FSW场所的WASH和MHH服务在很大程度上是不理想的,危及安全,有尊严和私人月经管理.
- 在FSW中,对MHH支持存在重大未满足的需求,这会影响他们的健康和福祉.
- 需要可持续和具有成本效益的解决方案来改善WASH设施和MHH对FSW的支持.
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