Effectiveness of Peer Audio Player Educational guidelines on Menstrual Hygiene and Problems Management among Blind Adolescent Girl Students

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the effect of peer audio player educational guidelines on menstrual hygiene and problem management among blind adolescent girl students. Design: Quasi-experimental design (pre and post-test) was used to accomplish the present study. Setting: Al Noor School for the blind, preparatory and secondary in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt. Subjects: A purposive sample of 100 blind adolescent girl students from the previously mentioned setting. Four tools were used for data collection (pre/posttests): I: Structured interviewing questionnaire which consists of two parts; first part: Socio-demographic data; second part: Menstrual data. II: An interviewing questionnaire on knowledge about menstruation, menstrual hygiene, and knowledge about management of menstrual problems. III: Non-observational checklist on the practice of menstrual hygiene and management of menstrual problems. IV: An interviewing questionnaire on satisfaction level. Results: There was a lack of knowledge and practices regarding menstruation before implementing the peer audio player educational guidelines sessions. Also, there were an improvement and highly statistically significant differences in the total scores of knowledge and practices of blind adolescent girl students regarding menstruation after the provision of the peer audio player educational guidelines (P<0.001). Conclusion: The peer audio player educational guidelines were effective in the improvement of the blind adolescent girls' knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene and menstrual problems management. Recommendation: Continued health education programs should be applied to elevate the awareness of blind adolescent girl students regarding menstruation in a different setting.Integrating the topic of menstruation, menstrual hygiene and menstrual problems management into the course contents of the blind schools objectives.