Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Masa remaja merupakan masa pematangan organ reproduksi manusia (masa pubertas) Permasalahan yang berkaitan dengan kesehatan reproduksi remaja banyak dialami oleh remaja putri dikarenakan kurangnya pemahaman dan kesadaran untuk mencapai keadaan sehat secara reproduksi. Salah satu penentuan kesehatan reproduksi pada masa remaja bahkan pada masa lansia adalah kesehatan remaja. Perilaku vulva hygiene dapat memengaruhi kesehatan reproduksi remaja. Sehingga remaja memerlukan pengetahuan dan perilaku yang baik agar dapat menjaga kebersihan genitalia. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dan perilaku tentang kesehatan dan kebersihan genitalia (vulva hygiene) siswi SMAN di Kabupaten Aceh Besar. Jenis penelitian ini adalah analitik observasional dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Subjek penelitian adalah siswi SMAN di 5 Kecamatan di Kabupaten Aceh Besar yang berjumlah 268 orang dengan memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan ekslusi dan dikumpulkan dengan teknik proportional stratifield random sampling. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada bulan November hingga Desember 2020. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuesioner yang diisi oleh responden. Analisis data dilakukan secara univariat dan bivariat menggunakan uji Spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas pengetahuan siswi SMAN Aceh Besar tentang vulva hygiene adalah buruk (67,9%) dan perilaku positif (70,1%). Faktor yang memengaruh pengetahuan responden ialah keterpaparan informasi (p=0,035), tingkat pendidikan orang tua (p=0,005) dan status ekonomi keluarga (p=0,000). Faktor yang memengaruhi perilaku ialah kegiatan diluar sekolah (p=0,000). Hasil uji statistik pada pengetahuan dan perilaku vulva hygiene siswi SMAN di Kabupaten Aceh Besar terdapat hubungan (p

Adolescence is a period of maturation of human reproductive organs (puberty). Reproductive health problems occurred in many female adolescent due to lack of information, knowledge and awareness about reproductive health. Adolescent reproductive health is very important because it can affect the reproductive health of women in the future. Bad behaviors toward vulva hygiene will influent the reproductive health of female adolescent. Therefore, female adolescent should have good knowledge and behavior in vulva hygiene. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between knowledge and behavior of female adolescent toward vulva hygiene at government senior high school around Aceh Besar distric. The method of study was observational analytic with cross sectional design. The subjects of this study were senior high school students in 5 sub-districts of Aceh Besar. A number of two hundred and sixty-eight of respondent were recruited who fulfilled exclusion and inclusion sample criteria was collected using the proportional stratified random sampling technique. This study was conducted from November to December 2020. The data collected using questionnaire and analyzed using univariate and bivariate with spearmen test. The results of this study showed that the majority of student’s knowledge about vulva hygiene was poor (67,9%). The factors influenced the respondent’s knowledge were exposure to information (p=0,035), parent's education level (p=0.005) and family economic status (p=0.000). The majority of student’s behavior about vulva hygiene was positive (70.1%). Out of School activities were associated to respondent’s behavior (p=0.000). The result of the statistical analyzes there was a relationship between knowledge and behavior of female adolescent about vulva hygiene in SMAN among Aceh Besar (p=0.005) with weak correlation. (r=0.256). In conclusion, counseling about vulva hygiene on a regular basis is very important to increase knowledge of adolescents so that they can have good behavior based on good knowledge. Keywords : Vulva hygiene, knowledge, behavior