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Promoting menstrual health management among women and girls in Mehe (Cameroon) through a pilot testing project: A quasi-experimental study

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  • Nguegang, Fabrice
  • Kum, Fuein Vera

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The Far North region in Cameroon has the highest rate of poverty in the country. In this region, the natural process of menstruation is a taboo. Knowledge, attitudes and practices about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls is inadequate. This paper investigated the effectiveness of a pilot health promotion project on improving knowledge, attitudes and practices of menstrual hygiene among women and girls in Mehe located in, Meme discrit, Mayo Sava division (Far North region of Cameroon).

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  • Nguegang, Fabrice & Kum, Fuein Vera, 2024. "Promoting menstrual health management among women and girls in Mehe (Cameroon) through a pilot testing project: A quasi-experimental study," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:113:y:2024:i:c:s2214804324001393
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2024.102302
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