红线:加纳有关月经健康和卫生的利益相关者的观点
Sitsofe Gbogbo1, Israel Wuresah1, Priscilla Klutse1
1Fred N Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Ghana.
BMJ global health
|May 21, 2025
概括
加纳的月经卫生管理面临着耻辱和缺乏资源的挑战. 改善获得设施,教育和负担得起的产品的机会对于青少年女孩至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 月经卫生管理 (MHM) 是加纳女孩和妇女面临的重大挑战.
- 障碍包括获得负担得起的月经产品的限制,水,卫生和卫生 (WASH) 设施不足,月经健康教育不足和社会耻辱.
- 解决这些问题对于青少年女孩的福祉和教育至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索有关月经健康和卫生 (MHH) 的各种利益相关者的经验和观点.
- 确定有效的策略,以改善加纳青少年女孩的MHH.
- 了解不同社区成员在MHH中的作用.
主要方法:
- 焦点小组讨论 (FGDs) 与青少年男孩,家长和守门员在加纳沃尔塔地区霍霍的小学进行.
- 半结构化指南用于FGD,记录数据并补充现场笔记.
- 用MAXQDA 2024软件对成绩单进行了主题分析.
主要成果:
- 青少年男孩表示愿意支持MHH,挑战耻辱的假设.
- 父母表示,关于月经的观念和做法正在不断变化.
- 守门员注意到政府在MHH基础设施和为女学生提供材料方面的努力.
- 确定的策略包括改善WASH设施,解决耻辱,降低卫生材料成本和加强MHH教育.
结论:
- 文化污名,设施不足和财务限制仍然是加纳霍霍学校女学生的MHH的主要障碍.
- 建议强调包容性教育计划,增强WASH设施,以及可访问,负担得起或可持续的月经产品.
- 这些干预措施对于支持女孩的健康,尊严和教育连续性至关重要.
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