Perilaku Remaja Putri tentang Kebersihan Alat Kelamin pada Saat Menstruasi di SMA Al-Fattah Desa Lama

Abstract

Genital Hygiene during menstruation is a component of personal hygiene that plays an important role in a person's health behavior status, including avoiding disturbances in reproductive function. One of the efforts that can be made to prevent the occurrence of genital health problems is to raise self-awareness in maintaining the cleanliness of the genital area from an early age and to have knowledge, attitudes and actions regarding the importance of caring for this area. This is a quantitative research study with a descriptive research design. This study uses a cross-sectional approach. The objective of this study is to identify and determine the behavior of young women regarding genital hygiene during menstruation at Al-Fattah High School in Lama Village. The population of this study consists of young women, with a sample of 41 respondents using total sampling. The results of this study show that 30 people (73.2%) have sufficient knowledge about genital hygiene during menstruation, 31 people (63.4%) have positive attitudes, and 21 people (51%) have fairly good actions. Knowledge, attitudes and actions are the unity of eating behavior. The better the knowledge, attitudes and actions of young women, the better their behavior regarding genital hygiene during menstruation.