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Objective: Adolesan period is a dynamic cycle of physical, psychological and social changes between the ages of 10-19 years, where behaviors of the way of life from childhood to adulthood are acquired. Our goal was to guide the policies that will be developed in this regard by identifying the girls' sensation of menstruation, the perception of menstruation, the source of information they receive, the behavior of self-care during menstruation. Materials and Methods: This identifying cutting study was done on adolescent girls between the ages of 10 and 19 who are applying for examination or consultancy services in the period from July to August 2018 at our hospital’s youth center. The youth’s age, what the father’s professions are, the mother’s working conditions, school conditions, menstrual age, menstrual period, emotional reactions in menstrual period, whether or not they receive information about menstrual period, the source of information they receive, the source of blood in menstrual period, the use and destruction of hygienic ped during menstrual period, bathing habits were questioned. Those who obtained information about menstruation from school formed Group I, those who obtained from a source outside the school formed Group II. Results: 306 young girls between the ages of 10 and 19 who apply to the youth center participated in the study. The average age of young people was 16,54±2,10 (min: 10, max: 19). The average age of adolescents was 12.8±14 (min: 9, max: 17), the menstruation lengths were 6.19±3.60 days (min: 1, max: 15). There were 139/306 (45,42) young people who experienced negative emotions during the first menstruation (menarch). Young people said 300/306 (98,03) used hygienic pads as a bleeding tampon, and heated hygienic pads with household waste, and 247/306 (80,71) took a bath during menstruation. 153/306 (50%) of young people said they received information about menstruation from school. 203/306 (%66,33) young 'Where is the source of blood coming during menstruation?' He answered the question “Maryam”. 89/306 of young people (29,08) an increase in appetite during menstruation. 175/306 young people (57.19%) said they received information about menstruation before menstruation. The number of students who received information from the school (Group 1) 99/153 (%64.7o) received information from the school before the school and the chance of receiving information before the school in this group was statistically significantly higher than the fields of information from other sources (Group 2) (p=0,008). We found that 27/153 adults in Group 1 (17.64) did not have a bathing habit during menstruation and that the rate of maternal response as the source of menstruation blood was 98/153 (64.05) and that the rate was not different from Group 2. We found that 104/167 (62.27) of those who showed positive emotions in menstruation received information about premenstruation and that information fields had significantly higher chances of showing positive emotions (p = 0.04). The result: We believe that the destruction of the hygienic pedals used during menstruation in the framework of medical waste is important for the protection of public health. The perceptions and behaviors of menstruation that women in the fertile period experience each month are formed in the adolescent period. In this context, we believe that the review of the content, timing and effectiveness of reproductive health training provided to adolescents in schools that are the source of accurate and controlled information will lead to the development of healthy menstruation practices for women in the fertile period.

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