BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY According to WHO, Adolescence girls, is identified as the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood, from age 10-19. Averagely, the cycle is about 28 days and the period lasts for 3-5 days. Menstrual hygiene practice can be influenced by the quality of information gathered, cultural and religious beliefs, environmental factors like location, and race. According to Ammula Ratha, Menstruation is a normal physiological process that occurs in females during their reproductive age. The onset of menstruation is at puberty. There is no definite definition of menstrual hygiene, however on a breakdown, hygiene can be defined as those condition and activities that promote and preserve health while menstruation can be defined as the cyclical shedding of the inner lining of the uterus the endometrium under the control of hormones of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis. Girls usually get to their stage of puberty between age 8 and age 13 about two and a half years after a girl’s breast develops, she usually experiences her first periods.
Menstrual Hygiene, Adolescence girls
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