Minnesota Menstrual Products in Schools Toolkit (MPST)
The Minnesota Menstrual Products in Schools Toolkit (MPST) is a practical guide for educators and school staff to support implementation of the state’s menstrual product access law. Our research helped identify current needs from schools, now supported by this content, that is grounded in established science and best practices in menstrual health and education.
This toolkit was built to support schools and school staff, but also aims to reach communities across all of Minnesota! Student researchers Kara Cowell and Mary Kenny worked through multiple stages of this project to bring the community voice to life in this work in partnership with the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. They conducted 56 individual partner meetings, collected and analyzed over 250 survey responses, and conducted 15 in-depth school staff interviews around the state to inform these resources.
An MPST Google Drive contains appendix materials, additional file versions, and other resources that make it easy for school staff to print.
If you are looking for something you can’t find, have comments, or questions feel free to contact us at mnperiodtoolkit@gmail.com.
This work was a student-led project supported by (1) the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, (2) partial funding for this effort was provided by the Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health at the University of Minnesota, and (3) these efforts were supported by the Health Equity Work Group at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Health Equity Work Group or School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota.
