Cultural and social practices regarding menstruation among adolescent girls

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 594-604

  Kumar, Anant ^a   Srivastava, Kamiya ^b  

^a XAVIER INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SERVICE   (India)

^b Freelance Development Professional   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent; health; menarche; menstruation; myth; social cultural practices; taboo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL CHANGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; LITERATURE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TABOO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; MOTHERS; MYTHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL VALUES; TABOO; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA; JHARKHAND; RANCHI;

EID: 80053253654     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2010.525144     Document Type: Article

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