The nature and extent of help given to women with intellectual disabilities to manage menstruation

By: Rodgers, Jackie.
Contributor(s): Lipscombe, Jo.
Series: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability 30 (1) 2005: 45-52.Publisher: 2005Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): INSTRUCTION | INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES | MENSTRUAL CARE | MENSTRUATIONSummary: Conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in England to investigate the help and training currently given to women with intellectual disabilities. Found 29 percent of the women had never been given the opportunity to learn how to manage their own menstrual care, with carers of the other 71 percent giving considerable amounts of assistance with menstrual care, although some of the women with more profound disabilities were able to manage menstrual care independently.
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Conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire survey in England to investigate the help and training currently given to women with intellectual disabilities. Found 29 percent of the women had never been given the opportunity to learn how to manage their own menstrual care, with carers of the other 71 percent giving considerable amounts of assistance with menstrual care, although some of the women with more profound disabilities were able to manage menstrual care independently.

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