Pengaruh Pendidikan Kesehatan Tentang Personal Hygiene Saat Menstruasi Terhadap Tingkat Pengetahuan Siswi SDN 17 Kota Pekanbaru

Abstrak

Adolescence is a transition period characterized by physical, emotional, and psychological changes. During adolescence, they will experience a natural process of menstruation. In an effort to maintain the health and cleanliness of reproductive organs, personal genital hygiene is very necessary. Lack of one's knowledge in carrying out personal actions on genital hygiene can cause various diseases in the reproductive organs. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of health education on personal hygiene during menstruation on the level of knowledge of V & VI grade students in SDN 17 kota pekanbaru. Methods: this type of research is quantitative, with a pre-experimental method with one group pretest-protest design. The population in this study were girls aged 11-12 who had menstruated at SDN 17 kota pekanbaru,a sample of 32 female students. After the data is collected, data is processed through the stages of editing, coding, scoring, and tabulating. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon Sogn Test to see the effect of health education on personal hygiene during menstruation on the level of knowledge before and after being given education Results: the results of the study showed that knowledge before being given health education about personal hygiene when menstruating with good knowledge was 1 respondent (3.1%), then after being given good knowledgeable health education as many as 25 respondents were respondents (78.1%). There is a health education about personal hygiene during menstruation on the level of knowledge of V & VI students in DSN 17 Pekanbaru City with the results of the Wilcoxon Sogn Test, a significance value of 0,000 or p <0,05. Conclusion: based on the results of this study, students are expected to always guard the female area by doing personal hygiene appropriately and correctly in accordance with the provisions of health workers, especially during menstruation.