Research Article
Menstrual Hygiene Management Practices and Associated Factors among Secondary School Girls in East Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 3
Menstrual hygiene management practices of secondary school girls in East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia, 2017 (nā=ā672).
| Practice-related questions | Frequency | Percentage |
| Used absorbent materials during menstruation | 614 | 91.4 | Uses commercial disposable sanitary pads | 444 | 66.1 | Changes pads or cloths more than three times a day during menstruation | 379 | 56.4 | Cleans reusable clothes with soap and water | 93 | 54.7 | Dry reusable clothes in the sunlight | 43 | 25.3 | Disposes pads by wrapping with paper | 126 | 18.8 | Takes bath daily with soap during menstruation | 321 | 47.8 | Cleans external genitalia during menstruation | 646 | 96.1 | Cleans external genitalia with water and soap during menstruation | 459 | 68.3 | Disposes used sanitary pads in dustbins | 492 | 73.2 | Overall menstrual hygiene practices | Poor | 280 | 41.7 | Good | 392 | 58.3 |
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