MENSTRUAL HYGIENE AND EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON ADOLESCENT RURAL GIRLS OF NADIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL

Introduction: Adolescence is a period when so many physical, emotional, cognitive changes areoccur, menstruation is one of the major changes that happen in a female body but it is surrounded by so many social taboos and supernatural societal belief. The main focus of the present study was to measure the effectiveness of planned teaching on menstrual hygiene and input the knowledge among them. Materials and method: A study was conducted from September, 2020 to December, 2020 in rural area of Nadia district, West Bengal among 120 adolescent school girls in the age group of 14–17 years. Data were collected by the self-made and pretested questionnaires. Results: After analysis it was found that, better practice was adopted after post-test as compared to that of pre-tests planned teaching become effective on adolescence rural girls, and there is a significant relationship between pre-test and post- test regarding attitude about menstrual hygiene. It also shows that, there is a significant positive relationship at 0.05 level between planned teaching and Practice, planned teaching and Attitude at 0.01 level. Conclusion: Menstrual hygiene practices and attitude amo0ng rural adolescence girls of Nadia district is not satisfactory before planned teaching programme, so girls should be educated properly regarding menstrual hygiene and it may bring them out of misconception and batter practiced attitude in future life.