Secrets, shame and discipline: School girls' experiences of sanitation and menstrual hygiene management in a peri-urban community in Ghana
| Autor: | Flemming Konradsen, David Etsey Akpakli, Margaret Gyapong, Thilde Rheinländer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Health Knowledge
Attitudes Practice Adolescent Sanitation media_common.quotation_subject Teaching method education Water supply Shame Ghana Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences Dignity 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Water Supply Hygiene Surveys and Questionnaires Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Toilet Facilities Students media_common 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Poverty business.industry Focus Groups Focus group Menstruation Suburban Population Cross-Sectional Studies General Health Professions Female business |
| Zdroj: | Health Care for Women International. 40:13-32 |
| ISSN: | 1096-4665 0739-9332 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07399332.2018.1444041 |
| Popis: | Women and girls need proper sanitation and hygiene facilities to maintain health and dignity. In this study we show how schoolgirls from a peri-urban community of Ghana, experience severe multidimensional 'hygiene poverty' when attending schools. Hygiene poverty was characterized by poor water and sanitation infrastructures and serious social and emotional challenges, including shaming and disciplining of their sanitation and menstrual practices, which forces girls to apply secretive coping strategies. We discuss the importance of changing the negative MHM discourses at schools and fostering supportive teaching methods in adolescent female health. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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