Assessment of Selected Practices of Menstrual Hygiene among Rural Women at Pune City

Abstract

Menstruation: Despite the irrational taboos related to it, menstruation is a natural physiological method that
each healthy girl undergoes. Though every girl experiences it on a regular basis, not everyone seems to
be intelligent about the necessity to confirm hygiene. Menstruating girls ought to pay explicit attention to
private hygiene. During this time, a woman’s vulnerability towards major ailments will increase.
Poor expelling hygiene will result in several problems, such as fungal or microorganism infections of
the reproductive tract and the urinary tract.
The result shows during assessment of selected practices of menstrual hygiene among rural women 97%
wash hands after changing pad, 98% women take bath during their menstruation, 38% women’s family
keeps them and their things separate during menstruation, 5% women have financial crisis/problem for
buying sanitary napkins and also 57% women avoid travelling to menstrual hygiene