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Lived experiences of menstrual health for Indigenous girls in a remote Australian town.
- Source :
- Health Care for Women International; May2023, Vol. 44 Issue 5, p639-656, 18p, 2 Charts, 1 Map
- Publication Year :
- 2023
-
Abstract
- Remote-living and Indigenous Australians can experience menstrual health and hygiene challenges. The topic is not often openly discussed as it is considered private 'women's business'. We were invited into a remote Indigenous town and community to discuss the lived experience of menstruation with female students as well as clinical, educational and community workers. Our yarning circles and interviews collated 16 barriers in four clusters: structural living situation; knowledge, culture and behavior; discomfort and public life; and finances. Targeted efforts by relevant organizations, including schools and government agencies, were identified by participants to better support menstrual health and hygiene without associated pain, ranging moods and a sense of shame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INDIGENOUS Australians
FIELD research
HOME environment
FEMININE hygiene products
AFFECT (Psychology)
HEALTH of indigenous peoples
RURAL conditions
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
RESEARCH methodology
MENSTRUATION
HYGIENE
COLLEGE teacher attitudes
INTERVIEWING
SOCIAL stigma
EXPERIENCE
QUALITATIVE research
HEALTH literacy
PSYCHOLOGY of middle school students
PSYCHOLOGY of women
TEACHERS
PSYCHOLOGY of high school students
DYSMENORRHEA
RESEARCH funding
STUDENT attitudes
DATA analysis software
THEMATIC analysis
PSYCHOLOGY of school children
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
SHAME
PUBLIC opinion
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
CHILDREN
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07399332
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Health Care for Women International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162921187
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2021.1967955