Relationship between Knowledge of Health Consequences and Practice of Menstrual Hygiene among Female Students of Selected Secondary Schools in Bauchi State
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Female secondary school students being adolescents attain the age of maturity which requires special attention. This period is marked by the onset of menarche, which is menstruation. It is a phenomenon and unique to females. This study was conducted to assess the relationship between knowledge of health consequences and practice of menstrual hygiene among Female Students of selected Secondary Schools in Bauchi State. The study adopted the correlational survey. Four thousand, one hundred and eighty-nine were the study population and three hundred and forty-seven were the sample selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. A researcher- designed consisting of 15 items was used in data collection. Frequency, counts and percentage was used in organizing the demographic information of the respondents, mean and standard deviation (SD) were used in answering the stated research questions and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient (PPMC) was used in testing the postulated hypothesis at 0. 05 level of significance. Fifty-six-point five percent (56. 5%) of the respondents were between age16-18, 41. 9% were between age 13-15 and 1. 6% were 19years and above. Forty-six-point six percent (46. 6%) of the respondents were SS1 students and 53. 4% were of SS2. Eighty-seven-point six percent (87. 6%) were Muslims, 12. 1% were Christians and 3% follow other religion. The result obtained r =0.95, this indicated that, there is a strong positive correlation. It was concluded that, there is a good relationship between knowledge of health consequences and practice of menstrual hygiene among Female Students of selected Secondary Schools in Bauchi State. It is therefore recommended that; the Female Students of selected Secondary Schools in Bauchi State should maintain the knowledge of health consequences and keep up the good practice of menstrual hygiene.
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