The Impact of Menstrual Hygiene Management and Gender on Psychosocial Outcomes for Adolescent Girls in Kenya

This research measures the psychosocial impact of a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) program in Kenya by assessing change in self-efficacy, authenticity, and hope in adolescent girls. Trained researchers administered baseline and end-line assessments, 16 weeks apart, to 311 participants in the Always Keeping Girls in School Program. The schools were assigned to one of three program versions: only period products, only menstrual health education, or both menstrual health education and period products; in all-girls or coed classes. When girls received MHM education and pads in coed classes, there was no change in their self-efficacy or hope scores, but in all-girls classes, self-efficacy and hope scores significantly increased. Authenticity in girls decreased in coed classes unless period products were distributed, and then girl’s authenticity scores increased. The role of gender in assessing change in self-efficacy, authenticity and hope has provided a useful frame for evaluating MHM programming. The data set includes Time 1 and Time 2 data on all key variables.本研究针对肯尼亚某月经卫生管理（Menstrual Hygiene Management, MHM）项目的社会心理影响展开评估，通过测量青春期少女的自我效能感、本真感与希望感的变化情况达成研究目标。受过专业培训的研究人员为参与“持续保障女童就学”项目（Always Keeping Girls in School Program）的311名受试者开展了间隔16周的基线与终线评估。参与项目的学校被分为三类项目组别：仅提供经期用品组、仅开展月经健康宣教组，以及同时提供月经健康宣教与经期用品组；且授课形式分为全女子班级与男女混合班级两类。在男女混合班级中接受MHM宣教与卫生巾的女童，其自我效能感与希望感评分无显著变化；而在全女子班级中，女童的自我效能感与希望感评分则出现显著提升。在男女混合班级中，女童的本真感评分会出现下降，但若同时发放经期用品，则女童的本真感评分会有所提升。性别在自我效能感、本真感与希望感变化评估中的作用，为月经卫生管理项目的效果评估提供了极具价值的分析框架。本数据集涵盖了时间1与时间2两个时间点下所有核心变量的相关数据。