PubMed search strategy (to be adapted for the other databases)
| Search | Query |
| #1 | Search: ((((((((((“menstrual cycle”) OR (menstruation(MeSH Terms))) OR (menses)) OR (period)) OR (menstrual)) OR (“menstrual products”)) OR (“menstrual hygiene”)) OR (“menstrual hygiene products”)) OR (“menstrual hygiene management”)) OR (“period products”) |
| #2 | Search: ((((((adolescent) OR (adolescence)) OR (teens)) OR (teenager)) OR (“young adults”)) OR (youth)) OR (girls) |
| #3 | (#1 AND #2) |
| #4 | Search: ((((((((((((((((((“Educational status”(MeSH Terms)) OR (education)) OR (school)) OR (schooling)) OR (learning)) OR (“school attendance”)) OR (“academic performance”)) OR (“academic achievement”)) OR (“academic engagement”)) OR (“school dropout”)) OR (“school disengagement”)) OR (“school drop out”)) OR (“school absenteeism”)) OR (“school absence”)) OR (“school avoidance”)) OR (“school refusal behavior”)) OR (“academic failure”)) OR (“academic underachievement”)) OR (“subpar performance”) |
| #5 | (#3 AND #4) |
| #6 | Search: ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Africa) OR (“sub-Saharan Africa”)) OR (Algeria)) OR (Angola)) OR (Benin)) OR (Bostwana)) OR (“Burkina Faso”)) OR (Burundi)) OR (“Cabo Verde”)) OR (“Cape Verde”)) OR (Cameroon)) OR (“Central African Republic”)) OR (Chad)) OR (Comoros)) OR (“Democratic Republic of Congo”)) OR (“DR Congo”)) OR (Congo)) OR (Djibouti)) OR (eg,ypt)) OR (“Equatorial Guinea”)) OR (Eritrea)) OR (Eswatini)) OR (Ethiopia)) OR (Gabon)) OR (Gambia)) OR (Ghana)) OR (Guinea)) OR (“Guinea-Bissau”)) OR (“Ivory Coast”)) OR (“Cote d'Ivoire”)) OR (Niger)) OR (Nigeria)) OR (“Sao Tome and Principe”)) OR (Senegal)) OR (Seychelles)) OR (“Sierra Leone”)) OR (Somalia)) OR (Kenya)) OR (Lesotho)) OR (Liberia)) OR (Libya)) OR (Madagascar)) OR (Malawi)) OR (Mali)) OR (Mauritania)) OR (Mauritius)) OR (Morocco)) OR (Mozambique)) OR (Namibia)) OR (“South Africa”)) OR (“South Sudan”)) OR (Tanzania)) OR (Togo)) OR (Tunisia)) OR (Uganda)) OR (Zambia)) OR (Zimbabwe) |
| #7 | (#5 AND #6) |