Effects of health education programme on teenagers with premenstrual syndrome

An health education programme was evaluated to determine its efficacy in increasing knowledge about menstrual cycle and management of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) though home remedies with simple kitchen herbal recipes, diet control and breathing exercise along with education of anatomy and physiology or female reproductive system. As calculated approx 6 in 10 women in Europe suffer from PMS where as in India the rate of PMS is at higher level, 159,760,591 against 1,065,070,607 populations which is 9 in 10 [ 1 ]. With the highest adolescent population in India, the real challenge for the nation is to provide nutritional health and educational needs for this segment of the population, particularly girls, according to the recent report released by UNICEF [ 2 ]. In India one-third adolescent girls are under nourished. Survey reports indicate an approximation of 56.2% of girls to be under nourished and the rate of literacy to be 53.87%, thus indicating considerable ‘unmet needs’ in terms of education, health and nutrition [ 3 ].