Malahayati International Journal of Nursing and Health Science
Vol 3, No 1 (2020)

Menstrual hygiene: Knowledge and practice among adolescent school girls at Koawena, Ende district-Indonesia

Martina Bedho (Nursing Study Program Ende, Kupang Polytechnic of Health of The Ministry of Health, Indonesia)
Anatolia K Doondori (Nursing Study Program Ende, Kupang Polytechnic of Health of The Ministry of Health, Indonesia)
Irwan Budiana (Nursing Study Program Ende, Kupang Polytechnic of Health of The Ministry of Health, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Jul 2020

Abstract

Background: World Health Organization global database on women rarely pay attention to the cleanliness of their external genitalia, resulting in annual vaginal infections 10-15% by candida and 15% vaginal discharge. In Indonesia was a very few study on menstrual hygiene: knowledge and practice among adolescentPurpose: Knowing the influence of counseling on menstrual hygiene: knowledge and practice among adolescent school girls at Koawena, Ende district-IndonesiaMethods: The quantitative research by quasi-experiment design of one-group pretest-posttest approach. The population was adolescent school girls at Koawena, Ende district-Indonesia by total sampling were 17 respondents. Conducted on August, 2018. The analysis used univariate and bivariate analysis using the  paired T- test.Results: The bivariate test analysis showed differences in the level of knowledge before and after counseling on menstrual hygiene: knowledge and practice p-value = 0.034, indicating by increasing of the level of knowledge, would be followed by in a good practice in menstrual hygiene among adolescent school girls at Koawena, Ende district-Indonesia.Conclusion: The health practitioners need to come to adolescent school girls to give health education with the topic of menstrual hygiene: knowledge and practice.

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Malahayati International Journal of Nursing And Health Science is a peer reviewed journal and provides a platform to publish area of nursing and health science. The journal also seeks to advance the quality of research by publishing papers introducing or elaborate on new methods in nursing and ...