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Common barriers to seeking treatment were shame about the symptoms or about asking for treatment, not knowing where to find help, or inconveniences associated with treatment.
The main reasons given by those who were not interested in screening were shame or embarrassment (25%: 68/275).
A profile of the EMIC stigma scale items (Fig. 3) showed that the main stigma-related problems perceived by the community were shame and embarrassment, problems in finding a marriage partner and difficulties in finding salaried work.
Other major answering categories (multiple answers possible) were shame and stigma (30.0 %, 95 % CI: 23.7-36.3 %), a number of treatment-related barriers such as affordability or lack of information about treatment availability (23.6 %, 95 % CI: 17.8-29.4 %) and the wish to cope with the problem on one's own (19.2 %, 95 % CI: 13.8-24.6 %).
The main reasons for their absence were; shame and fear of sudden leakage or staining, 204 (82.26%) followed by didn't have pad, 139 (56.05%) and no private place to manage a menstrual period in their school, 78 (31.45%) (Table 7).> -wrap-foot> NB: Multiple responses were possible and the percent is greater than 100%.
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The officials were shamed, and relented.
It can be shame.
There might have been shame.
Why is shame so effective?
Maybe it was shame.
There is shame here.
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