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Navigating Menstruation in Adolescents with Down Syndrome: A Mixed-Methods Study of Caregiver Reflections and Adolescent Voices in the UK

2026-04-30

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Adolescents with Down syndrome face unique menstrual health challenges, yet their experiences remain under-researched. This study aimed to investigate the menstrual health and wellbeing of adolescents with Down syndrome in the UK, examined primarily through the reflective lens of primary caregivers alongside direct accounts from adolescents, to inform the development of tailored, evidence-based interventions for t...

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Literature Corpus work: 8d06577d-1dbb-50f7-ac9c-a9ee1c57c65b
DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.22.26351080

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