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Awareness on Menstrual Health

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Why is it important to maintain menstrual hygiene? The onset of menstruation is marks as an important physiological change that occurr in girls during their adolescent phase. Menstruation indicates the beginning of physiological maturity among girls. Apart from personal significance, it also has social implications. Menstrual hygiene is a hygienic practice during menstruation which can prevent women from the infection in reproductive and urinary tract. Menstruation and menstrual practices are still clouded by taboos and socio – cultural restrictions resulting in adolescent girls lacking knowledge and remaining ignorant of the scientific facts and hygienic health practices, which sometimes results into adverse health outcomes. Hygiene-related practices of girls during menstruation are of considerable importance, as they're more susceptible to Reproductive Tract Infections (RTI’s) during this period. Poor menstrual hygiene is one of the reasons for the elevated existence of RTIs wit...

What to do if you're being cyberbullied?

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Ignore it:-   Victims should try not to react to “minor teasing or name-calling” online as far as they can avoid it. Bullies continuously need to evoke a response from their victims and are empowered even more when the desired response has been achieved. Record:- Victims should keep an in-depth record of the interactions and the bullying messages received by them through the bully in hard copies. Keeping a chronological record will help the relevant authority to properly analyze the situation, and verify the kind of interaction that went down between both parties. Reaching out to a trusted authority or guardian:- Victims ought to reach out to their guardians, their favorite educator, school administrators, advisors, and indeed police officers who can offer assistance them deal with cyberbullying. These trusted individuals can enlist a lot of methods and laws to protect the victim and help them with an appropriate approach. It’s also helpful that the victim talks to their friends or...

Prevention of Mental Illness

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  In order to discern how to prevent mental illnesses, we need to know what is mental health and what is mental illness. In our society mental facet of fitness is least regarded. Physically fit seeming individuals are assumed to be healthy in every aspect, whereas in reality, the same individuals might be enduring a lot mentally. We must look at both aspects of fitness to consider someone to be completely healthy that is mental and physical. No doubt healthy body is a residence to a healthy mind but there are always exceptions to the statement. What is mental health? Mental health is emotional, psychological and social well-being which determines how we think, speak, behave, handle situations and make choices. What is mental illness? Mental illness (disturbance of mental health) is a health condition in which wellbeing of mental state is highly disturbed due to which productiveness of person might be reduced largely and may associate problems in work, family and social environment....