Research and feasibility study to explore menstrual practices and investigate the suitability of menstrual cups for adolescent girls and women in Kenya, Menstrual Cup

KENYA, 2010
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

African Population and Health Research Center

Variable Groups

Variable group: Knowledge on Menstration, reproduction and body awareness

Variables 14

v201a

Changes in a girl's/woman's routine such as travelling can cause changes in her

v201b

It is normal to put on weight at the time of puberty

v201c

Girls usually reach puberty before boys

v201d

Periods come approximately every 28 days, OR longer or shorter, especially the f

v201e

Girls cannot use tampons until they are about 17 because their vaginas are too s

v201f

Other people can tell when a girl/woman is having her period without her telling

v201g

It is dangerous for a girl/woman to go swimming when she is having her period

v201h

Female athletes and dancers in heavy training sometimes stop menstruating

v201i

Menstruation (periods) cleans the body of dirty blood

v201j

Girls/women usually lose about a cup of blood during a period

v201k

The sole purpose of menstrual blood is to help flush out an egg every month

v201l

Menstrual blood comes from the uterus, which is the place in a woman's body wher

v201m

Menstrual blood leaves the body through the urethra, the passage that urine flow

v201n

All girls/women get bad tempered or have mood swings before they get their perio