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A sustainable development demands social inclusion which aims for the universal right of good health and wellbeing of all individuals. But the tribal communities (scheduled tribe, ST) often fall behind in most of the health indices in India. The present study tries to assess the knowledge and practices about menstruation and menstrual hygiene of tribal population of the Nadia District, West Bengal, India. The personal wellbeing and lifestyle factors that are related to aging of the study population has also been studied. This was a community cross-sectional study performed during October–December 2023 among 110 tribal females of the age group 12–52 of rural area of the Nadia District, West Bengal, India, using the predesigned questionnaire. Analysis of the data of our study revealed the mean ages of menarche and menopause to be 13.5 and 45.5 years, respectively. 29% of the participants reported of using old cloth pieces as their menstrual material. 64% participants knew about which materials should be used as absorbent during menstrual cycle while 23% of the participants were aware about the frequency it has to be changed. 62.7% of the participants were satisfied with the place they used to change their menstrual materials and 83.6% of participants reported to be aware of using hot water and soap to wash the reusable sanitary equipments and then drying in Sunlight. 75.3% of the participants were worried about where to dispose of their used menstrual materials. For the study about their personal wellbeing and lifestyle factors that are related to aging, the Checklists and Questionnaires cited by Blackburn and Epel (2018) were used to measure the “Stress Exposure”, “Mood Disorder”, “Social Support”, “Physical Activity”, “Sleep Pattern”, and “Nutrition Habit” in order to assess the Telomere Trajectory of our sample population. The study indicates that it is essential to design a mechanism to address the access of better healthy menstrual materials as well as to assure the appropriate steps for addressing the stress exposure, mood disorder, and adequate social support to the Tribal women population.

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Awareness of Menstrual Hygiene Experience Together with the Personal Wellbeing and Lifestyle Factors of the Tribal Population of the Nadia District, Eastern India

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    2026年

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  • Sayantika Debnath,
  • Usha Mondal,
  • Deepanwita Mitra,
  • Sudip Chaudhuri

摘要

A sustainable development demands social inclusion which aims for the universal right of good health and wellbeing of all individuals. But the tribal communities (scheduled tribe, ST) often fall behind in most of the health indices in India. The present study tries to assess the knowledge and practices about menstruation and menstrual hygiene of tribal population of the Nadia District, West Bengal, India. The personal wellbeing and lifestyle factors that are related to aging of the study population has also been studied. This was a community cross-sectional study performed during October–December 2023 among 110 tribal females of the age group 12–52 of rural area of the Nadia District, West Bengal, India, using the predesigned questionnaire. Analysis of the data of our study revealed the mean ages of menarche and menopause to be 13.5 and 45.5 years, respectively. 29% of the participants reported of using old cloth pieces as their menstrual material. 64% participants knew about which materials should be used as absorbent during menstrual cycle while 23% of the participants were aware about the frequency it has to be changed. 62.7% of the participants were satisfied with the place they used to change their menstrual materials and 83.6% of participants reported to be aware of using hot water and soap to wash the reusable sanitary equipments and then drying in Sunlight. 75.3% of the participants were worried about where to dispose of their used menstrual materials. For the study about their personal wellbeing and lifestyle factors that are related to aging, the Checklists and Questionnaires cited by Blackburn and Epel (2018) were used to measure the “Stress Exposure”, “Mood Disorder”, “Social Support”, “Physical Activity”, “Sleep Pattern”, and “Nutrition Habit” in order to assess the Telomere Trajectory of our sample population. The study indicates that it is essential to design a mechanism to address the access of better healthy menstrual materials as well as to assure the appropriate steps for addressing the stress exposure, mood disorder, and adequate social support to the Tribal women population.