Assessing an Educational Teaching Programme's Effect on Menstrual Hygiene Knowledge Among Adolescent Girls at Selected Senior Secondary Schools, Kota (Rajasthan)

Abstract

Background: Roughly 1.8 billion people menstruate each month worldwide, yet a considerable share of them — especially adolescent girls in resource-limited settings — lack reliable access to menstrual hygiene products, clean water, private sanitation, and accurate information about menstrual health.

Objectives: (a) To assess the pre-test knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among girls at selected senior secondary schools, Kota. (b) To prepare and implement an educational teaching programme regarding menstrual hygiene among girls at selected senior secondary schools, Kota. (c) To assess the post-test knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among girls at selected senior secondary schools, Kota. (d) To assess the effectiveness of the Educational Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among girls by comparing their pre-test and post-test knowledge scores.

Methodology: A quantitative evaluative research design was adopted for the study. The main study was conducted from 04/07/2026 to 03/08/2026 at selected Senior Secondary schools in Kota, Rajasthan, using a pre-test–post-test pre-experimental design. The sample consisted of 70 adolescent girls selected from the selected schools.

Results: Before the programme, knowledge was inadequate on average (mean 12.10 ± 1.625); afterward, it reached an adequate level (mean 27.228 ± 1.466). Sixty-eight students (97.14%) scored between 24 and 30 on the post-test, whereas no student had scored above 17 before the intervention.

Conclusion: Pre-test scores averaged highest in the physiology-and-process-of-menstruation domain (53.87%) and lowest in general introduction to menstruation (20.00%); post-test scores peaked in physiology and process (98.36%) and were lowest for general introduction (87.14%). Age, religion, educational status, family type, number of siblings, monthly family income, and prior knowledge of menstrual hygiene (with its source, where relevant) were all significantly associated with pre-test knowledge (p < 0.05), supporting the research hypothesis.