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September 27, 2024Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for DevelopmentOpen Access

Parental education, embarrassment, and sanitation facilities influence menstrual product choices among female nursing students in Bangladesh

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MZMd Nahid Uz ZamanHokkaido UniversityASAkira SaiHokkaido UniversitySNSikopo NyambeMinistry of Health

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Implication

Survey analysis demonstrates parental education and embarrassment shape menstrual product choices in nursing students, highlighting the need for improved sanitation facilities.

Key Points

  • Menstrual product choices among nursing students are significantly shaped by parental education and social embarrassment, favoring single-use pads over unhygienic cloths.
  • Approximately 61% of respondents selected single-use pads, whereas purchasing embarrassment increased the odds of using old clothes by an adjusted odds ratio of 2.86.
  • Assessment using structured questionnaires in 366 nursing students examined menstrual health, highlighting the urgent need for private and clean sanitation facilities.

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Zaman et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e572cdb6db643587513407https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2024.226
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