Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent Girls: A case study from Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Menstrual hygiene is a prime key of prevention from various reproductive tract infections, which may lead to severe health consequences among girls sometimes infertility, cervical and endometrial cancer.The study aims to find the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in a Government school of Dehradun.The study was conducted on 200 girls who willingly participated in the survey, from the girl’s school in Dehradun. Girls were interviewed with the help of structured questionnaire and data was evaluated using SPSS version 21.0 licensed software. One-way ANOVA test was used for assessing the data P value (<0.05) was considered significant. The majority of girls 143 (71.5%), were > 16 years of ages, belonging to middle class 68(34%) and joint family 136(66%) set up. In spite of average knowledge 55.83% about menstruation, 145 (72.5%) girls were aware about menstruation process, Girls agreed they can enter kitchen (41/91%), can take bath (54.54%), and they agreed they can sleep on same bed 50.50% during menstruation, need not be separated at this specific time indicates positive attitude and 66.33% girls have overall good practice during menstruation.