Title

Effect of parents' on menstrual hygiene in rural India

Authors

Amita Singh¹, Satyalakshmi Komarraju², Sathyanath Dasrathan³, Shrikanth Muralidharan^4,* & Himel Mondel⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Physiology, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Lachwai, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Naturopathy and Yoga, National Institute of Naturopathy, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Pune - 411001, India; ³Department of Natural Therapeutics, Nisarggram, National Institute of Naturopathy, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Pune - 411001, India; ⁴Department of Research, National Institute of Naturopathy, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Pune - 411001, India; ⁵Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand - 814152, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Amita Singh - E-mail: singhamita200@gmail.com

Satya Lakshmi Komarraju - E-mail: satyamaup@gmail.com

D Sathyanath - E-mail: dsathyanath@gmail.com

Shrikanth Muralidharan - E-mail: shrikanthmuralidharan23@gmail.com

Himel Mondal - E-mail: himel.physiology@aiimsdeoghar.edu.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received November 15, 2025; Revised December 15, 2025; Accepted December 15, 2025, Published December 15, 2025

Abstract

Parent's education on menstrual hygiene affects the practices of girls especially in the rural areas. Therefore, it is of interest to explore the relationship between parental and menstrual hygiene practices in rural areas of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India. Hence, a cross sectional study was conducted among 165 school-going girls aged 10–19 years in rural Etawah. No statistically significant association was found between parental education and access to menstrual hygiene products or challenges faced. Inadequate hygiene facility was high among all groups irrespective of parent's education. Thus, we show that parental education alone does not significantly impact menstrual hygiene practices in this rural setting.

Keywords

Adolescent, hygiene, menstrual hygiene products, sanitation, menstruation, schools, educational status

Citation

Singh et al. Bioinformation 21(12): 4311-4313 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.