Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Female Hygiene Management among Madrasa Girls in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract

Menstrual hygiene is a vital to the dignity and safety of women and girls which is considered significant right of the basic hygiene, asepsis and multiplicative health services to female. The aim of this study to determine the facts, approach, practice and circumstances of menstrual hygiene management, focusing on the consequences in the daily lives among adolescent madrassa girls in urban (Dhaka) female madrassa of Bangladesh. It was accompanied to the madrassa adolescent girls of Dhaka city in Bangladesh, from March to June, 2019. A total number of female students who admitted madrassa especially adolescents are selected as study group. This is a descriptive type of Cross-sectional study. Among the respondent almost 36.7 percent had Knowledge about Menstruation and they considered menstruation as a disease. Meanwhile, almost all of the respondents knew about the absorbent material use during menstruation and half of them used sanitary pad in that time due to easy to use  in that time.  According to this phenomenon the Sources of Information about Mensuration half of the respondent’s got information about menstruation from their mother. Furthermore, the risk factors for madrassa absence included girl’s attitude, agitation and hesitancy, myths, inadequate hyigene facilities at madrassa, and family restriction.