Menstruation remains a topic shrouded in taboo and misinformation, despite half of
the world's population experiencing it. Your position statement published in the December
2022 issue outlines important steps in reducing period poverty, including access to
menstrual health education.
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I want to make JPAG readers aware of the Period Education Project (PEP), a non-profit
that trains and equips medical students to provide medically accurate menstrual health
education in their communities.- Harrison Megan E.
- et al.
NASPAG Position Statement: Eliminating Period Poverty in Adolescents and Young Adults
Living in North America.
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 1 Dec. 2022; 35: 609-611https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2022.07.011
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References
- NASPAG Position Statement: Eliminating Period Poverty in Adolescents and Young Adults Living in North America.Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 1 Dec. 2022; 35: 609-611https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2022.07.011
- Sex and HIV Education.Guttmacher Institute, 3 Jan. 2023
Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
March 9,
2023
Received in revised form:
February 24,
2023
Received:
January 16,
2023
Publication stage
In Press Journal Pre-ProofFootnotes
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 1/6/2023
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© 2023 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
