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

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.