Menstruation: knowledge, attitude and practices of students in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

摘要: This study investigated students' knowledge of, beliefs, attitude to and practices during menstruation. Data was collected from a sample of 200 students Ile-Ife using the multi-stage sampling technique. Only 5% respondents could correctly define Materials used manage menstruation include sanitary pad, pieces cloths, toilet rolls, cotton wool, tampon shoulder pad foam. Practices vary on menstruating non-menstruating days with 11(39.3%) 28 classified as healthy, 6(21.43%) potentially harmful uncertain. Three (21.43%) listed 14 beliefs taboos are health-promoting, 5(35.71%) not health-promoting while 6(42.86%) harmless. Menstruation is associated restrictions in diet social interaction 8%, 20.5% seeing abnormal, dirty disease respectively. Findings this would be helpful planning educational programmes correct misinformation promote healthy among women