Menstruation is a delicate physiological process through which a shedding of uterine lining occurs each month in females of reproductive age. Menstrual hygiene is considered as important hygiene maintenance in adolescent girls from the time of menarche. Deaf mute adolescent’s girls have very less or no knowledge about reproductive tract infections caused due to ignorance of personal hygiene during menstruation time. Ensuring proper menstrual hygiene is vital for the well-being and development of healthy reproductive life in deaf mute adolescent’s girls. Awareness can be given to them by educating their parents and also getting training from healthcare professionals, particularly nurses. Braille method is one of the techniques which are used to provide proper knowledge about menstrual hygiene and its maintenance. The researcher adopted Descriptive research design and consequently the sampling method adopted for this study was probability sampling. For this study the researcher used simple random sampling lottery method to gather data from respondents. A sample size of 60 was collected using interview schedule.
Menstrual Hygiene, Deaf Mute, Adolescents
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