Interventions that support women, girls, and people who menstruate to participate in physical activity: a rapid overview of reviews

Judit  Csontos; Natalie Brown; Adrian Edwards; Deborah Edwards; Elizabeth  Gillen; Juliet Hounsome; Meg Kiseleva; Ruth Lewis; Steven Macey; Mala Mann; Amrita Sidhu; Alison Cooper

doi:10.1186/s12889-026-27122-9

Interventions that support women, girls, and people who menstruate to participate in physical activity: a rapid overview of reviews

Judit Csontos
, Natalie Brown
, Adrian Edwards
, Deborah Edwards
, Elizabeth Gillen
, Juliet Hounsome
, Meg Kiseleva
, Ruth Lewis
, Steven Macey
, Mala Mann
, Amrita Sidhu
, Alison Cooper

North Wales Medical School

Cardiff University
Swansea University
Equality, Poverty and Children’s Evidence and Support Division

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Original language	English
Journal	BMC Public Health
Early online date	27 Mar 2026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27122-9
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 27 Mar 2026

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Csontos, J., Brown, N., Edwards, A., Edwards, D., Gillen, E., Hounsome, J., Kiseleva, M., Lewis, R., Macey, S., Mann, M., Sidhu, A., & Cooper, A. (2026). Interventions that support women, girls, and people who menstruate to participate in physical activity: a rapid overview of reviews. BMC Public Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27122-9

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