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Olivia M. Bellas; Monique A. Mulholland; Nina Sivertsen; Emma Kemp; Ivanka Prichard; Stefania Velardo; Jessica Shipman – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2024
The age of the onset of menstruation, termed menarche, has been declining for decades worldwide. Approximately 12% of Australian girls reach menarche between eight to 11 years of age. Current health and physical education subject guidelines from the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority state that puberty education should be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Physiology, Elementary School Students
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Henderson, Chelsea N.; Lawrence, Jeannine Clunk; Douglas, Crystal Clark – Health Education Journal, 2020
Objective: The documented decline in age at menarche is concerning as early pubertal development presents immediate and long-term health risks. Menarcheal timing is influenced by environmental factors, necessitating the importance of increased education within the health sciences curricula. This study examined health professions students'…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Students, Knowledge Level, Females
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Omrani, Atefeh; Wakefield-Scurr, Joanna; Smith, Jenny; Brown, Nicola – American Journal of Health Education, 2019
Background: Breast health education could alleviate breast concerns reported by adolescent girls. Purpose: This article describes the development and psychometric properties of a survey to measure knowledge in multiple aspects related to breasts, attitudes to breasts and breast issues and the likelihood of engagement with positive breast habits…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Human Body, Knowledge Level
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Sommer, Marni; Skolnik, Ava; Ramirez, Ana; Lee, Jana; Rasoazanany, Hariniaina; Ibitoye, Mobolaji – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
Evidence on girls' transitions through puberty in Madagascar and ways in which menarche influences their educational experiences and future sexual and reproductive health is limited. We conducted qualitative research involving participatory activities with girls in rural and urban Madagascar to explore their transitions through early puberty. Key…
Descriptors: Females, Puberty, Rural Areas, Urban Areas
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Blake, Sarah; Boone, Melissa; Yenew Kassa, Alene; Sommer, Marni – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2018
Educational interventions on menstruation and puberty have emerged as an important element of efforts to improve girls' knowledge and confidence related to puberty, menstruation, and menstrual hygiene management (MHM). We conducted a mixed-methods evaluation of the "Ethiopia Growth and Changes" puberty book, developed through research…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Females, Puberty, Intervention
Sommer, Marni – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2011
The onset of puberty, and specifically menstruation, is an opportune moment for reaching girls as they transition into adolescence and young womanhood. Despite the importance of this transitional period, the reproductive health community has tended to overlook the onset of menstruation and early puberty in global, national and local policy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Puberty, Females, Adolescents