The Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ): development, elaboration, and implications for future research.

摘要: High-quality evidence is needed to inform policies and programmes aiming improve menstrual health. Quantitative studies must address the many gaps in this field, practitioners have increased monitoring evaluation efforts track their progress. A significant barrier improving rigor of work lack comprehensive comparable measures capture core concepts. The Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ) a new tool support standardised assessment activities undertaken order collect, contain, remove blood from body self-report surveys. questionnaire freely available online for download can be adapted use across contexts age groups. In article, we describe purpose MPQ as best-practice align description practices provide foundation further question refinement. We outline development using systematic review qualitative experiences, audit used study health hygiene, survey experts, insights past research, examples piloted questions adolescent girls Soroti, Uganda. identification priority measurement, coverage included MPQ, justify inclusion location-specific questions. For each section questionnaire, key reasons practice items alongside elaboration users help item selection. Finally, priorities future research refine reporting practices, including minimum requirements population characteristics facilitate comparison studies, testing extent which experiences during most recent period reflect those over longer time periods, exploration biases self-report.