ASSESSMENT OF KAP ON MENSTRUAL HYGIENE AMONG FEMALESTUDENTSINABAFRANSUAGENERALSECONDARY ANDPREPARATORY SCHOOL GUBRETOWN,GURAGEZONE, SOUTHERNREGION,ETHIOPIA,2023G.C
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2023-12
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wolkite universty
Abstract
Background:Poorhygiene-relatedmenstrualmanagementpracticesarea veryimportantri skfactorforreproducti
vetractinfecti ons(RTI),andfemales
sufferfrompoormenstrualhygi ene,whichrestri
ctstheirmovementand selfconfidenceandendsuppoorschoolperformance.Menstrualhygieneand
managementisanissuethatisinsufficientlyacknowledgedandhasnot
receivedadequateattenti
on.
Objective:Theobjecti
veofthisstudyistoassessKAPonmenstrualhygiene
amongfemalestudentsinGubretown,AbaFransuaGeneralsecondaryand
preparatoryschool
,SouthernEthi
opiafromJune15toJuly30,2023G.C. Method:Acrosssectionalstudydesignwasusedtoconductstudy.ASimple
random samplingtechniquewasusedtoselectthestudyparticipants.Data
wascollectedthroughastructuredquestionnaireandthecollecteddata
enteredintoacomputerusingSPSSforanalysis.Ethicalapprovalwas
obtainedfromtherelevanti
nstituti onalreviewboardbeforethestudybegi ns. Result:Among248respondent89.1%ofrespondentshavegoodknowledge onmenstrualhygieneRegardingattitude71.0% respondentshavegood
atti tudeonmenstrualhygieneandrespondentshavegoodpractice75.3%on menstrualhygiene Conclusion:General lytheoverallresultofourstudyshowsthereisgood managementonmenstrualhygiene
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s:Knowledge, Attitude, Practi ce, MenstrualHygien