Exploration of poor menstrual health management (MHM) in rural schools

The data comprises qualitative data, collected through semi-structured interviews. The study interviewed 15 learners, 15 teachers, 15 parents, and 3 officials from the Department of Basic Education, Provincial department. The research included people who were eligible for the study criteria. The researcher selected female learners who were between the ages of 16 and 18 and of African descent to share their experiences of menstruation at school. The researcher also selected them based on their residency in Ward 4 of the Senqu District Municipality. The researcher chose parents/guardians (of the girls) to participate as the adults responsible for the learners; there was no age limit or gender requirement, but the main requirement was that they were the parents/guardians of the female learners. The researcher selected teachers based on their employment at the same school as the female learners. This was to achieve the study aims which were to explore whether poor MHM causes school absenteeism. The research was conducted in the Senqu district municipality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The interviews were voluntary and did not harm or violate any of the participants. 

The data was analysed through thematic analysis, coded in line with similarities and differences. In addition, documents analysis was used to support the primary data. The researcher selected the documents based on their relevance to the three main topics of the study. From the Life Orientation Curriculum, the researcher expected to get information on the content that is prescribed on menstruation, what learners are taught, and how much is allocated to the discussion on the reproductive system. In the Framework for Sanitary Dignity Policy, the researcher anticipated discovering the DWYPD's plan to distribute free sanitary products to impoverished girls attending rural schools. The South African Schools Act: Minimum uniform norms and standards for public school infrastructure, 2013. Under this policy, the researcher is expected to find information on the accepted standards of infrastructure and sanitation in schools; this will be coded with what the participants have to say on the state of infrastructure. The researcher examined the learner absence policy to determine the norms and standards for student attendance, and to confirm whether the explanations given by the participants align with their contributions.

本数据集包含定性数据，通过半结构化访谈收集而来。研究对15名学习者、15名教师、15名家长以及来自基础教育部的3名官员进行了访谈。研究对象均符合研究标准。研究者选取了16至18岁、非洲裔血统的女学习者，以分享她们在学校期间的月经经历。研究者还根据她们居住在Senqu地区市政当局的第四区进行了选择。研究者选择了（女孩的）父母或监护人作为参与研究的成年人，负责学习者；没有年龄限制或性别要求，但主要要求是他们必须是女学习者的父母或监护人。研究者根据教师是否在女学习者所在的同一所学校工作来选择教师。此举旨在实现研究目标，即探究不良的月经卫生习惯是否会导致学校缺勤。研究在南非东开普省的Senqu地区市政当局进行。访谈是自愿的，并未对任何参与者造成伤害或侵犯。数据通过主题分析进行解析，编码时遵循相似性与差异性。此外，文献分析被用于支持主要数据。研究者根据其与研究的三个主要主题的相关性选择了文献。从生活导向课程中，研究者期望获取有关月经内容的预定信息、学习者所接受的教育以及生殖系统讨论的分配比例。在卫生尊严政策框架中，研究者预计会发现DWYPD计划向农村学校的贫困女孩免费发放卫生用品。根据2013年的南非学校法：公共学校基础设施的最低统一规范和标准，在此政策下，研究者期望找到关于学校基础设施和卫生接受标准的详细信息；这些将与参与者对基础设施状况的说法进行编码。研究者检查了学生缺勤政策，以确定学生出勤的规范和标准，并确认参与者的解释是否与他们的贡献相符。