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Abstract：
While menstruation is a physiologic process, it remains highly stigmatized. Despite the sheer number of menstruators, menstruation is a highly individualized experience, with wide variation in duration, symptoms, and management. This wide variability lends itself to large disparities in access to menstruation management products and subsequently the lived experience of menstruators.
The research team sought to understand lived menstrual experiences, symptoms, management tactics, and commonly used and desired resources among 20 cisgendered women aged 18-45 years in Philadelphia.
This project was a qualitative research study.
We used a collaborative, community-based participatory research approach with No More Secrets, a Philadelphia-based grassroots sexuality awareness and menstrual health hub. Semi-structured telephone interviews were used to gain insight into general menstruation-related experiences, communication, worries, and concerns, with subsequent thematic analysis via Key Words in Context approach.
Four themes emerged following analysis: cycle characteristics, menstruation management, coping resources, and future resources. Participants largely spoke about their menses as a negative experience, asked for more comprehensive, verified sources of information and needed greater access to menstrual management supplies.
Menstruation is a highly individualized experience with a large variety in knowledge, menstrual product use, and individual needs. Despite the individuality of menstruation, our community-based research shows that there is a dire need for interventions that promotes knowledge and access to menstrual care.
The research team sought to understand lived menstrual experiences, symptoms, management tactics, and commonly used and desired resources among 20 cisgendered women aged 18-45 years in Philadelphia.
This project was a qualitative research study.
We used a collaborative, community-based participatory research approach with No More Secrets, a Philadelphia-based grassroots sexuality awareness and menstrual health hub. Semi-structured telephone interviews were used to gain insight into general menstruation-related experiences, communication, worries, and concerns, with subsequent thematic analysis via Key Words in Context approach.
Four themes emerged following analysis: cycle characteristics, menstruation management, coping resources, and future resources. Participants largely spoke about their menses as a negative experience, asked for more comprehensive, verified sources of information and needed greater access to menstrual management supplies.
Menstruation is a highly individualized experience with a large variety in knowledge, menstrual product use, and individual needs. Despite the individuality of menstruation, our community-based research shows that there is a dire need for interventions that promotes knowledge and access to menstrual care.
摘要：
■虽然月经是一个生理过程，它仍然受到高度污名化。尽管月经来潮的人数众多，月经是一种高度个性化的体验，持续时间变化很大，症状,和管理。这种广泛的可变性使人们在获得月经管理产品以及随后的经期者的生活经验方面存在很大差异。
■研究小组试图了解经期经历，症状,管理策略,以及费城20名年龄在18-45岁的顺性别女性中常用和所需的资源。
■该项目是一项定性研究。
■我们使用了一个合作，基于社区的参与式研究方法，没有更多的秘密，位于费城的草根性意识和月经健康中心。半结构化电话访谈用于深入了解与月经有关的一般经历，通信,忧虑,和担忧，随后通过上下文中的关键词方法进行主题分析。
■分析后出现了四个主题：周期特征，月经管理,应对资源，未来的资源。参与者在很大程度上说他们的月经是一种消极的经历，要求更全面，经过验证的信息来源，需要更多的月经管理用品。
■月经是一种高度个性化的经历，知识种类繁多，月经产品使用，和个人需求。尽管月经有个性，我们基于社区的研究表明，迫切需要促进知识和获得月经护理的干预措施。
■研究小组试图了解经期经历，症状,管理策略,以及费城20名年龄在18-45岁的顺性别女性中常用和所需的资源。
■该项目是一项定性研究。
■我们使用了一个合作，基于社区的参与式研究方法，没有更多的秘密，位于费城的草根性意识和月经健康中心。半结构化电话访谈用于深入了解与月经有关的一般经历，通信,忧虑,和担忧，随后通过上下文中的关键词方法进行主题分析。
■分析后出现了四个主题：周期特征，月经管理,应对资源，未来的资源。参与者在很大程度上说他们的月经是一种消极的经历，要求更全面，经过验证的信息来源，需要更多的月经管理用品。
■月经是一种高度个性化的经历，知识种类繁多，月经产品使用，和个人需求。尽管月经有个性，我们基于社区的研究表明，迫切需要促进知识和获得月经护理的干预措施。
