HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI DENGAN PERILAKU HYGIENE PADA GENETALIA REMAJA PUTRI

Abstract

Hygiene behavior is an effort carried out by individuals to maintain personal hygiene to avoid illness and our productivity. One of them is hygiene behavior towards genetalia. Moreover, genetal areas are sensitive areas on the body of women, especially adolescents. Adolescent reproductive health is very vulnerable to disease or infection. In this case young women must behave properly in the care of genetal hygiene. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of adolescent girls' knowledge with hygiene behavior on reproductive health. This type of research is analytic observation with cross sectional design, data obtained from the sample of the study population using purposive sampling technique. Sample of a portion of students in Kedunglo Kediri Islamic Boarding School. Respondents were 80 students using a questionnaire. At the end of the study a chi-square test was performed to determine the relationship between the two variables. From the results of the study showed the data of female students who have good knowledge of good hygiene behavior were as many as 6 respondents 60.0%, good knowledge of bad behavior as much as 59 respondents 84.3%. bad knowledge behaves good hygiene 4 respondents 40.0%, bad knowledge behaves poor hygiene as many as 11 respondents 15. 7%. Based on the chi-squaredi test get p = 0.86 (p => 0.05. Researchers conclude that there is no relationship between adolescent girls' knowledge and hygiene behavior in reproductive health at Kedunglo Kediri Islamic Boarding School.