I am co-founder and CEO of Umbra Health Advocacy and co-director of the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates. I'm the author of The Health Care Consumer’s Manifesto: How to Get the Most for Your Money, based on research I conducted as a Senior Fellow in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. For nearly a decade, I served as Chief Marketing Officer for a health plan during Massachusetts health reform and the ACA implementation. I am an Aspen Institu
organization working for menstrual equity, speaks at the Capitol during a National Period Day rally on Saturday, Oct.19, 2019 in Washington. PERIOD and Seventh Generation held the first National Period Day rallies nationwide to raise awareness of period poverty and call for the elimination of the tampon tax. College kids are notoriously strapped for cash, between tuition and living expenses without much income.
College students are often price sensitive, and that tendency holds true for these products as well. Cost was the second most important factor survey respondents cited in their choice of menstrual products. More than one-quarter said cost was the most important factor when purchasing menstrual products, second only to comfort and fit .
Misusing period products, such as by wearing pads or tampons for longer than recommended or reusing products that are meant to be disposable can cause health risks such as toxic shock or urinary tract infections, according to Dr. Alyssa Dweck, OBGYN and INTIMINA Medical Advisory Board Member.“Period poverty has physical, social, and emotional ramifications,” Dweck said. “Many suffer with social isolation, depression, withdrawal, and shame.
Dweck said that a lack of general awareness among young people may lead to lack of understanding about menstrual hygiene or available resources or programs that could help them access free or low-cost menstrual products.
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