Menstrual knowledge, sociocultural restrictions, and barriers to menstrual hygiene management in Ghana: Evidence from a multi-method survey among adolescent schoolgirls and schoolboys

Shamsudeen Mohammed; Roderick Emil Larsen-Reindorf

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241106

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Menstrual knowledge, sociocultural restrictions, and barriers to menstrual hygiene management in Ghana: Evidence from a multi-method survey among adolescent schoolgirls and schoolboys

Shamsudeen Mohammed ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: deen0233@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, College of Nursing & Midwifery, Population and Reproductive Health Resident, Nalerigu, Ghana

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3771-8425

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Roderick Emil Larsen-Reindorf

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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Menstrual knowledge, sociocultural restrictions, and barriers to menstrual hygiene management in Ghana: Evidence from a multi-method survey among adolescent schoolgirls and schoolboys

Shamsudeen Mohammed,
Roderick Emil Larsen-Reindorf

Published: October 22, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241106

About the Authors

Shamsudeen Mohammed

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: deen0233@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, College of Nursing & Midwifery, Population and Reproductive Health Resident, Nalerigu, Ghana

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3771-8425

Roderick Emil Larsen-Reindorf

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, School of Medical Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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