Promoting menstrual health awareness in Indigenous communities – University of Queensland researchers have launched a menstrual health teaching guide for classrooms co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students. Kaiwalagal, Umaii and Kiwai woman and Adjunct Lecturer in UQ’s School of Public Health Minnie King initiated and led the research to develop ‘Mind Your Body’. “People in rural and remote Indigenous communities face a unique set of challenges around menstrual health including better access to period products,” Ms King said. “While there is federal government funding for free products in these communities, there is still a need for culturally
Promoting menstrual health awareness in Indigenous communities as seen on The Hippocratic Post.