Table 3 Intervention delivery and uptake of the intervention at endline in four urban and rural schools of Bangladesh as reported by female students, 2018
Indicators | Urban | Rural | Endline N = 528 n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tejgaon govt. high school (N = 132) n (%) | National bangla high school (N = 132) n (%) | Oxford high school (N = 132) n (%) | Kathigram high school (N = 132) n (%) | ||
MHM taught in school: | 132 (100) | 132 (100) | 132 (100) | 132 (100) | 528 (100) |
Knew about gender committee | 70 (53) | 98 (74) | 96 (73) | 98 (74) | 362 (69) |
Heard about chute disposal system for menstrual materials | 75 (76) | 91 (90) | 86 (97) | 87 (94) | 339 (64) |
Used chute disposal system | 18 (24) | 23 (25) | 37 (43) | 33 (38) | 111 (33) |
Reason for not having used chute disposal system (multiple responses) | N = 75 | N = 91 | N = 86 | N = 87 | N = 339 |
Did not know about chute disposal system | 57 (76) | 68 (75) | 49 (57) | 54 (62) | 189 (56) |
Did not change menstrual materials at school | 51 (68) | 63 (69) | 45 (52) | 49 (56) | 208 (61) |
Used reusable menstrual materials | 5 (6.7) | 11 (12) | 7 (8.1) | 8 (9.2) | 31 (9.1) |
Problem with chute disposal system | 5 (6.7) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.3) | 10 (2.9) |
Did not know how to use chute disposal system/disposed elsewhere | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) | 4 (1.2) |
Knew about question box | 128 (97) | 127 (96) | 128 (97) | 122 (92) | 505 (96) |
Submitted question into question box | 15 (12) | 41 (32) | 34 (27) | 19 (16) | 109 (21) |
Received answer to submitted question | 10 (67) | 31 (76) | 27 (79) | 9 (47) | 77 (71) |
Received puberty information booklet | 124 (94) | 125 (95) | 108 (82) | 131 (99) | 488 (92) |
Read puberty information booklet | 118 (95) | 123 (98) | 102 (94) | 126 (96) | 469 (96) |
Materials for menstruation, regarding menstrual materials distributed to menstruating girls: | N = 99 | N = 101 | N = 89 | N = 93 | (N = 382) |
Received carry bag for menstrual materials | 73 (74) | 94 (93) | 74 (83) | 82 (88) | 323 (85) |
Used carry bag | 55 (75) | 67 (71) | 63 (85) | 57 (69) | 242 (75) |
Received plastic “wet bag” for transporting used menstrual materials | 77 (78) | 91 (90) | 73 (82) | 81 (87) | 322 (84) |
Used the wet bag to transport used menstrual materials | 44 (57) | 39 (43) | 54 (74) | 33 (41) | 170 (52) |
Obtained disposable menstrual pad for emergency use at school | 45 (45) | 32 (32) | 10 (11) | 13 (14) | 100 (26) |
Used disposable menstrual pad obtained from school office | 39 (87) | 30 (94) | 10 (11) | 13 (14) | 92 (92) |
Average number of disposable pads obtained by the girl (mean, SD) (n = 100) | 1.6 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.7) | 1.8 (1.1) | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.5 (0.7) |
Received underwear | N = 99 76 (77) | N = 101 95 (94) | N = 74 74 (83) | N = 93 82 (88) | N = 367 327 (86) |
Used underwear | 58 (76) | 75 (79) | 72 (97) | 61 (74) | 266 (81) |
Received reusable cloth pad | 78 (79) | 95 (94) | 74 (83) | 84 (90) | 331 (87) |
Used reusable cloth pad | 52 (67) | 73 (77) | 64 (86) | 63 (75) | 252 (76) |
Received menstrual tracking calendar | N = 99 81 (82) | N = 102 94 (92) | N = 88 78 (89) | N = 93 84 (90) | N = 382 337 (88) |
Used menstrual tracking calendar | 65 (80) | 72 (77) | 66 (85) | 59 (70) | 262 (78) |