ABSTRACT:
School life is the first experience of living outside the home which would the school children to prepare themselves to lead a life, according to their growth and development and changing needs of the society. School is the best forum for the students to acquire knowledge, skill and attitude in various aspects of their life style pattern. The health of the child is the basement for healthy nation. In the school life the concept of prevention and health promotion are inevitable to bring the child with a good health. The personal hygiene is the fundamental step for the children to learn in order to prevent diseases and promote health. Methodology: A quantitative research approach was used for this study. A pre-experimental one group pre and post-test design was chosen. The sample selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria in selected school. The sample size was adopted for the study is 50 school girls those who attained menarche aged between 12 and14 years and studying in VIII (or) IX standard in Govt. Higher secondary school Result: 50 school girls the distribution of health-related variables among school girls with regard to the age at menarche 26(52%) and 24(48%) participants were aged between 12.1-13 years and 13.1-14 years respectively. Regarding nature of practice during menstruation, 25(50%) used cloth, 20(40%) used sanitary napkins and, 5(10%) used others. While looking the frequency of changing napkin per day, most of them 25(50%) change the napkin once a day, 17(34%) change the napkin twice a day, 8(16%) change the napkin thrice a day and above. Regarding perception of pain during menstruation it was found that 25(50%) never feels pain, 17(34%) sometimes feels pain and 8(16%) always feels pain. The most of the study participants 25(50%) had the source of water supply from well,18(36%) had from the municipal water, 7(14%) had from bore water. Regarding methods of disposal 25(50%) were directly burn,15(30%) were throw outside and 10(20%) were dumped. With regard to usage of toilet practices 30(60%) adapted open field defecation and 20(40%) adapted sanitary latrine practices. Conclusion: The study finding proved that the structured teaching programme administered by the researcher was effective to increase the knowledge and practice regarding sanitary napkin among school girls.
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Dipali Bobade. A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on knowledge and Expressed Practice Regarding Sanitary Napkin among School Girls Those Who Attained Menarche at a Selected School in Akola District. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. 2025;13(2):115-2. doi: 10.52711/2454-2652.2025.00023
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Dipali Bobade. A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on knowledge and Expressed Practice Regarding Sanitary Napkin among School Girls Those Who Attained Menarche at a Selected School in Akola District. International Journal of Advances in Nursing Management. 2025;13(2):115-2. doi: 10.52711/2454-2652.2025.00023 Available on: https://ijanm.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-13-2-9
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