Community Survey

Personal Hygiene------- Menstruation & Feminine Care

The Blind Girl’s School

Shamsabad, Rawalpindi

Dated: 08-03-2006.

 

 

Activity executed by:

 

Project Team Leader---Mrs. Rahila Manzoor

Team Members: Ms. Sajida [Senior Community Volunteer & School Teacher], Mrs.Afshan Munir [Junior Community Volunteer & House-Wife], Mr. Mumtaz Bhatti [Senior Communty Health Worker as Support Person]

 

Total girls in the school hostel ------ 75

 

Total girls present during the visit-----61

 

Total girls who have periods-------20 [others are of younger age group]

 

Total girls interviewed: ------ 20

 

 

Question-1:

 

Do you bathe during menses?

 

Yes

 

No

I do not know

-

 

20 [100%]

-

 

 

Question-2:

 

What do you think about menses----is it a natural process or disease

 

 

A natural process

 

A disease

I do not know

18 [90%]

 

2 [10%]

-

 

 

 

Question-3:

 

Should a girl/woman continue normal activities & games during menses?

 

 

Yes

 

No

I do not know

16 [80%]

 

1 [5%]

3 [15%]

 

Question-4:

 

What material do you use during menses?

 

Sanitary Pads

 

Cotton with underwear

Only Cotton

Old used clothes/cotton with string

3 [15%]

 

1 [5%]

-

16 [80%]

 

 

 

 

Question-5

 

Did you understand the information that we have conveyed to you?

 

 

Yes

 

No

I do not know

20 [100]

 

-

-

 

Question-6

 

Are you now convinced that girls/women should regularly bathe and continue work and games during menses because menses is a natural process and not any disease?

 

Yes

 

No

I do not know

20 [100%]

 

-

-

 

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