inadequate sanitary napkins bound to use cloth pad.

1. Inadequate sanitary napkins ,
Period. rural girls in Karnataka use
cloth pads:a mixed method study
Presenter: Dr ANAND JAISWAL

2. What is the problem?
• Less practise of menstrual hygiene in rural
area.

3. Presenting the problem
Now, with lockdown and stop of supply of free
sanitary napkins to schools they have no option but
use cloth.
This is the story of thousands of girl students of
classes 6 to 12 studying in government schools
across the State.
They are given sanitary napkins every month under
the Central Government’s Kishori Shakti Yojna. But
with their schools shut for more than three months
due to the ongoing lockdown to stop the spread of
COVID-19, the distribution of sanitary napkins too
has come to a halt.

4. Developing the presentation of the
problem
• Why is inadequate less practice of menstrual
hygiene in rural area?

5. Why is inadequate menstrual hygiene
in rural area?
• There is a door-to-door distribution of masks
happening in this locality but not sanitary napkins.”In
the recent survey : 84% stated that there is either no or
severely restricted access to menstrual products in
communities that they work in, especially for sanitary
pads.” She explained that around 61% were distributing
menstrual products through schools, 28% through
door-to-door retail, 26% through online retail channels
and 22% through traditional retail stores (FMCG and
pharmacists). With the outbreak of the pandemic and
with physical distancing measures, 67% organisations
have had to pause normal operations.

6. Potential solution(A way of addressing
the problem)
Increase availability of sanitary napkins.

7. Potential solution
Use of sanitary napkins increase menstrual
hygiene and decrease morbidity and mortality in
child and mother also. It can also
increase female life expectancy Increase
availability of pads by online and door to door
services by govt,NGO,PPP model.

8. The research question
• What are the reason for use cloth pad instead
of sanitary napkins in rural area of karnataka?

9. Approach: Study Design
• The study will use a mixed-methods design
that combines
• epidemiological survey methods with
qualitative interviews.

10. Approach: Objectives
• To assess availability (quantitative)
• To identify and describe possible social,
psychological, economic, and political barriers
(qualitative).

11. Approach :objectives
• Specific objectives are:
• To assess availability of sanitary
pads.(quantitative)
• To estimate utilization of sanitary pads.
.(quantitative).
• to identify and describe possible
social,psychological,economic,and political
barriers to use sanitary pads in rural area of
karnataka .(qualitative)

12. Structure of A concept sheet
The Problem
Decrease menstrual hygiene in rural area.
Potential Solution
Increase availability o sanitary pads
Research Question
• What are the reason for use cloth pad instead of sanitary napkins in rural area of karnataka?
Approach
.research design
Study objectives.