Course syllabus for 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: Education committee 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