Dealing with teenage girls who are ignorant about their menstrual cycle, such as when it is likely to occur and how to cope with it, is almost an everyday occurrence for school nurse Jessica Leslie, who works at Kingston High School on King Street, Kingston.

She shared with The Gleaner on Wednesday that in addition to having to deal with the realities of period poverty, the school has to help the young women to understand what is happening with their bodies.

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