Menstrual Health - A Life Cycle Perspective

The course Menstrual Health - A Life Cycle Perspective at KI is taught in Swedish.

This course requires knowledge of Swedish. Swedish is the language of instruction. For more information, see the Swedish version of this page.

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Menstrual Health - A Life Cycle Perspective

Menstruell hälsa - ett livscykelperspektiv

Essential data

Course code: 2QA350
Course name: Menstrual Health - A Life Cycle Perspective
Credits: 7.5
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Sexual, Reproductive and Perinatal Health
Level: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Women's and Children's Health
Decided by: Education committee KBH
Decision date: 2023-12-05
Revised by: Utbildningsnämnden KBH
Last revised: 2024-12-06
Course syllabus valid from: Autumn semester 2025

Literature and other teaching aids

  • Bowleg, L., The Problem With the Phrase Women and Minorities: Intersectionalityan Important Theoretical Framework for Public Health, Am J Public Health doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300750, 2012
  • Menstruell hälsa bland unga vuxna – En intervjustudie om erfarenheter av menstruation och menstruationscykeln hos personer 18–29 år, 2023 LIBRIS-ID: m4076n3wkkz7f3r2, https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publikationer-och-material/publikationsarkiv/m/menstruell-halsa-bland-unga-vuxna,
  • Applying intersectionality theory in health promotion research and practice, Heard, E.; Fitzgerald, L.; Wigginton, B.; Mutch, A., Health Promotion International. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daz080, 2019
  • Menstrual health: a definition for policy, practice, and research, Hennegan, J.; Winkler, IT.; Bobel, C.; Keiser, D.; Hampton, J.; Larsson, G.; Chandra-Mouli, V.; Plesons, M.; Mahon, T, Sex Reprod Health Matters. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2021.1911618. PMID: 33910492; PMCID: PMC8098749, 2021
  • Women's and girls' experiences of menstruation in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis, Hennegan, J.; Shannon, A-K; Rubli, J.; Schwab, KJ.; Melendez-Torres, GJ., PLoS Med. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002803. PMID: 31095568; PMCID: PMC6521998, 2019
  • Collins, Patricia Hill, Intersectionality as critical social theory, Durham : Duke University Press, 2019 - xi, 360 pages ISBN: 9781478006466, LIBRIS-ID: gr847ds1drn8vvnv,
  • Starrs, AM.; et al., Accelerate progress-sexual and reproductive health and rights for all: report of the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Lancet. Jun 30;391(10140):2642-2692. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30293-9, 2018