Field Testing of Flipbook on Hygiene During Menstruation for its Comprehension by Rural Women

Abstract

The study was conducted in randomly selected Girwapanchayatsamiti of Udaipur district of Rajasthan state with a sample of 50 rural women to field test flipbook for its comprehension by rural women. Findings revealed that Overall comprehension of flipbook was found to be very good with mean per cent score 93.12. The component wise comprehension in all ten components i.e. concept of menstruation, menstrual cycle, managing menstruation, products used during menstruation, benefits of Sanitary Napkins, availability of vending machine in schools and colleges, hygiene during menstruation, disposal of sanitary napkins, coping with stress and discomfort during menstruation and precautions during menstruation mean per cent scores ranged between 72-100. Thus, it could be concluded that the comprehension of flipbook was found to be good and the developed flipbook can be utilized by the various government, non-government and welfare organizations to generate awareness about the hygiene during menstruation among rural and tribal women.