Menstruation and learning disability across the life course: Using a two‐part scoping exercise to co‐produce research priorities.
Background: Across the life course, women and girls with learning disabilities and their carers report difficulties in accessing information and support with menstruation, yet their experiences are often overlooked in initiatives to improve menstrual health and wellbeing. Our aim was to collaborate...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 524 - 538 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2024
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