'We keep it secret so no one should know' - A qualitative study to explore young schoolgirls attitudes and experiences with menstruation in rural Western Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Mason, Linda ^a   Nyothach, Elizabeth ^b   Alexander, Kelly ^a   Odhiambo, Frank O ^b   Eleveld, Alie ^c   Vulule, John ^b   Rheingans, Richard ^d   Laserson, Kayla F ^b,e   Mohammed, Aisha ^f   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Safe Water and AIDS Project   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SANITARY PAD; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUALITY; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSACTIONAL SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84896729212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079132     Document Type: Article

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