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Feasibility Study of Reusable Cloth Pad as a Menstrual Absorbent for Setup of Production Units in the North Eastern Region of India

In: Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Sandhya Seetharaman

    (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)

Abstract

Under the Science and Technology Interventions in the North East Region (STINER) initiative by the Government of India, feasibility of establishing a reusable cloth pad production unit was scoped through the reusable Eco Femme cloth pad user trial among 50 women each in Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura in the North East Region. This study is the first to document the existing menstrual practices in these three states. Menstrual product preferences and menstrual practices were found to vary across the three states. The results from the three-month cloth pad trial indicate a significant reduction in self-reported adverse reproductive health symptoms (p-value

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  • Sandhya Seetharaman, 2024. "Feasibility Study of Reusable Cloth Pad as a Menstrual Absorbent for Setup of Production Units in the North Eastern Region of India," Springer Books, in: Rajshree Bedamatta & Boeing Laishram & Sparsh Johari (ed.), Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development Goals, pages 149-175, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-97-5870-8_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-5870-8_13
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