PENGETAHUAN REMAJA PUTRI TENTANG MENARCHE

Abstract

Menarche is a sign of a change in social status from children to adulthood, and other changes such as breast growth, hair growth in the pubic and axillary areas. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of young women about menarche in general, age and source of information. This type of research is descriptive with cross sectional approach. The sampling method in this study uses cluster random sampling. The sample of the study was young women who sat in junior high school in Mangga Village, Medan Tuntung District, as many as 115 people with the time of research in April 2020. The results showed that the most respondents had good knowledge, namely 53 respondents, based on age, the majority were at age> 13 years, as many as 68 people (59%) and based on sources of information, the majority of respondents get sources of information about menarche from families, especially mothers, as many as 78 people (68%) ,. The conclusion that can be drawn from this study is the knowledge of young women about menarche based on age has the most good knowledge and the majority are at the age of> 13 years, based on information sources, the majority comes from families. It is expected to collaborate with health institutions in terms of increasing the knowledge of young women around menarche and reproductive health in the form of increased information dissemination using electronic media and written information available in public spaces.