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APHRC-MENSTRUALCUP-2010-1.1
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
Study description
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MC_Baseline_final
MC_Endline_final
Variable Groups
MC_Baseline
Identification
Background Characteristics
Knowledge on Menstration, reproduction and body awareness
Questions for attitudes to mentration for under 18s only
Menstration as a delibitating event
Sexual and reproductive history
Frequency and quality of menstrual periods
Menstrual practices and menstrual methods/product choice
Vaginal practices
Perceptions about mentrual cup
MC_Endline
Identification
Background Characteristics
Access to facilities
Access to water
Sexual and reproductive history
Frequency and quality of menstrual periods
Reported use of menstrual cups
Perceptions about mentrual cup
Variable Groups
Variable group: Knowledge on Menstration, reproduction and body awareness
Variables
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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