MENSTRUAL HYGIENE

The study sets to examine the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards Menstural Hygiene among female undergraduates in University of Benin. Three(4) research questions quided this study, the knowledge of undergraduate towards menstrual hygiene, attitudes of undergraduate towards menstrual hygiene,the menstrual hygiene practices of undergraduate and the religious belief of individuals influence their decision of practising menstrual hygiene. The research design was used for the study. The population of female undergraduates in University of Benin 41374 undergraduates. The research used simple random sampling for sample selection and the sample used for this research is 100 undergraduates. This research instrument used is the questionnaire which contained three sections. Section A Knowledge of undergraduate students towards menstrual hygiene and section B Attitudes towards menstrual hygiene and section C Menstrual hygiene practices. The research instrument was validated by the project supervisor and two other lecturers in the department. The reliability of the research was
0.8. Findings from the study revealed that female undergraduates in the University of Benin have knowledge on Menstural Hygiene and good attitude and practices towards Menstural Hygiene