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A Study About Menstrual Personal Hygiene Knowledge and Behavior Among Adolescence School Girl in Jombang

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Eka Tyas As Sidiqiah1, Siti Nurrochmah2, *, Farah Paramita1
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia
2Department of Physical Education, Health, and Recreation, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: siti.nurrochmah.fik@um.ac.id
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Siti Nurrochmah
Available Online 25 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.220108.032How to use a DOI?
Keywords
menstrual personal hygiene; knowledge; adolescent girl
Abstract

Sexual and reproductive health education is still considered taboo to be given to teenagers, so there are still many myths and bad perceptions related to menstruation. Preliminary studies show that there was 6 out of 10 students had poor menstrual personal hygiene. Self-care during menstruation can be influenced by various factors, including biological, cultural, environmental, social values, knowledge and perceptions. This study aims to determine the relationship between menstrual personal hygiene knowledge and attitudes of among adolescence school girl in Jombang. The design of this study was analytic observational with cross-sectional approach. The research population was 1.374 adolesence school girl in Jombang from one of senior high school, with a total sample of 95 respondents who were taken using the quota sampling technique. Data was collected by distributing online questionnaires using Google forms. The result showed that the majority (76%) of respondents had high level of knowledge and 77% respondents show good menstrual personal hygiene behavior. Chi-square test showed that there was a significant relationship between knowledge and menstrual personal hygiene behavior (p-value 0.037). The conclusion of the study was that the most adolescence school girl in Jombang already had good knowledge and behavior about menstrual personal hygiene.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Scientific Meeting on Public Health and Sports (ISMOPHS 2021)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
25 January 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-522-0
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.220108.032How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
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