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The main aim of this study was to find out the prevailing myths about menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in selected high school and to find out the effectiveness of structured teaching program on menstrual hygiene. A quasi experimental study using one-group pre-test and post-test design was used with a sample size of 62 adolescent high school girls. The findings of the study revealed that the myths on menstruation were decreased after providing health education on menstruation. During post-test, 93.5% said that head bath during menstruation do not increase blood flow, 92% did not accept to avoid exercises during menstruation, 96.8% did not feel that there is a need to see a doctor always during menstruation, 95.5% did not accept that periods should exactly last for 1 week, 93.5% did not accept that touching pickles during menstruation spoils it, 93.5% felt that talking to mother during menstruation is good, 98.4% felt that touching animals like cow or sheep during menstruation is not impure, 95.1% felt that touching pregnant ladies during menstruation do not lead to fetal death, 93.5% felt that touching green plants during menstruation do not lead to plants death. There was significant association between class, source of health information and type of pads used and myths like” touching pickles during menstruation spoils it”,“talking to mothers about menstruation is not good” and type of pads used at 0.05% significant level. The present study showed that the structured teaching program on menstrual hygiene changed the perceptual myths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
