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Adolescent Experience of Menstruation in Rural Kenya
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Although menstruation is a universal experience, girls in resource-poor areas face unique challenges related to menstruation management. In Kenya, girls miss nearly 3.5 million learning days per month because of limited access to sanitary products and lack of adequate sanitation. Global priorities to address gender inequality-especially related to education-often do not consider the impact of poverty on gendered experiences, such as menstruation. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to describe the experiences of menstruation from the perspective of adolescent girls living in rural Kenya. METHODS: Data for this qualitative study were collected through 29 individual interviews with adolescent girls and separate field observations. Descriptive content analysis was used to identify themes reflective of the data from the individual interviews and field notes. RESULTS: Four themes were developed to summarize the data: (a) receiving information about menstruation, (b) experiences of menstruation, (c) menstrual hygiene practices, and (d) social norms and the meaning of menstruation. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study describe the impact of menstruation on the lives of adolescent girls in rural Kenya. Menstrual hygiene management and its associated challenges may impact girls' academic continuity. Experiences of menstruation also reinforce gender inequality and further marginalize girls in low-income, rural areas of Kenya. Consideration of menstruation is critical to promote health and academic continuity for girls in rural Kenya.
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“Where investigated, women and girls also lacked clarity on what constituted normal and abnormal (i.e., disordered) menstruation”
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“others suggest that one in ten school-aged girls in low and middle income countries fail to attend school during menstruation or drop out of school at puberty due to the absence of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) facilities [4–7].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Secor-Turner, M., Schmitz, K., & Benson, K.
- Affiliations
- North Dakota State University (US)
- Planned Parenthood (US)
- Venue
- Nursing Research
- Published
- 2016-07
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 301-305
- ISSN
- 0029-6562 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2462957451
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 2.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nursing Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Keywords
- menstruation, adolescent girls, menstrual hygiene management, sanitary products, school absenteeism, gender inequality, social norms, rural Kenya, poverty, menstrual health education, women's education
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Hygiene, Kenya, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Menstruation, Poverty, Rural Population, Menstrual Hygiene Products
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