Menstrual health and period poverty among young people who menstruate in the Barcelona metropolitan area (Spain) : protocol of a mixed-methods study
Medina-Perucha, Laura (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Jacques-Aviñó, Constanza (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Valls-Llobet, Carme (Centre d'Anàlisis Programes Sanitaris (Catalunya))
Turbau-Valls, Rosa (Institut Català de la Salut)
Pinzón-Sanabria, Diana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Hernández, Lola (La Caravana Roja)
Briales Canseco, Paula (Comunidad de Madrid Consejería de Educación)
López-Jiménez, Tomàs (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Solana Lizarza, Enara (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja)
Munrós Feliu, Jordina (Institut Català de la Salut)
Berenguera, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	The importance of menstrual health has been historically neglected, mostly due to taboos and misconceptions around menstruation and androcentrism within health knowledge and health systems around the world. There has also been a lack of attention on 'period poverty', which refers to the financial, social, cultural and political barriers to access menstrual products and education. The main aim of this research is to explore menstrual health and experiences of period poverty among young people who menstruate (YPM). This is a convergent mixed-methods study, which will combine a quantitative transversal study to identify the prevalence of period poverty among YPM (11-16 years old), and a qualitative study that will focus on exploring menstruation-related experiences of YPM and other groups (young people who do not menstruate (YNM); primary healthcare professionals; educators and policy-makers). The study will be conducted in the Barcelona metropolitan area between 2020 and 2021. Eighteen schools and 871 YPM will be recruited for the quantitative study. Sixty-five YPM will participate in the qualitative study. Forty-five YNM and 12 professionals will also be recruited to take part in the qualitative study. Socioeconomic and cultural diversity will be main vectors for recruitment, to ensure the findings are representative to the social and cultural context. Descriptive statistics will be performed for each variable to identify asymmetric distributions and differences among groups will be evaluated. Thematic analysis will be used for qualitative data analyses Several ethical issues have been considered, especially as this study includes the participation of underage participants. The study has received ethical approval by the IDIAPJGol Research Ethics Committee (19/178 P). Research findings will be disseminated to key audiences, such as YPM, YNM, parents/legal tutors, health professionals, educators, youth (and other relevant) organisations, general community members, stakeholders and policy-makers, and academia.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Menstrual health ; Health services ; Education ; Young people ; Social medicine ; Public health
Published in:	BMJ open, Vol. 10 (july 2020) , ISSN 2044-6055

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035914
PMID: 32727738

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