Menstrual Practices in Operational Military Women

Abstract

Previous studies on menstruation for military women have addressed hygiene and menstrual suppression during deployment. One of the important gaps in the research on the preparedness of military women to deploy is their menstrual practices and related needs while at their home duty station, functioning in an operational military setting. This study used a qualitatively-driven mixed-method design with ethnography as the core qualitative component to address the specific aim: to explore how active duty U.S. Air Force women manage their menstruation while living day-to-day in a military culture. Feminist theory provided a lens for conducting the study. Air Force Security Forces women were recruited to participate in interviews (n=6), focus groups (n=2), and a questionnaire (n=16); observational data were collected; and interviews were conducted with leadership (n=2).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 26, 2019
Accession Number
AD1128073

Entities

People

  • Angela K Phillips

Organizations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Basic Training
  • Contraception
  • Contraceptive Devices
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Endocrine Glands
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hormones
  • Hygiene
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Therapy
  • Training
  • United States
  • Women'S Health

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