Erica E. Marsh|Maureen E. Brocks|M.S. Ghant|Hannah S. Recht|Melissa A. Simon
Prevalence and knowledge of heavy menstrual bleeding among African American women
Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University
assess selfreported prevalence knowledge health literacy regarding heavy menstrual bleeding hmb among african american womena quantitative crosssectional survey study conducted original survey developed distributed convenience sample african american women aged 1860 years community fair large city midwestern region usaof 274 surveys distributed 247 returned 193 met inclusion criteria overall 163 845 participants demonstrated adequate health literacy however 168 870 answered fewer 8 15 knowledge questions correctly although 75 389 women reported seeing clinician hmb 89 461 believed nothing could prevent occurringthe present study found proportion hmb among participants higher nationwide prevalence however gap existed knowledge hmb among women surveyed study findings indicate opportunity communitybased education raise awareness hmb associated clinical presentations available treatment modalities