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Adolescents are a transition to adulthood with changes in growth and development, adolescents are at risk of reproductive health especially during menstruation. Personal hygiene during menstruation is the issue of determinants of adolescent health that affect the life of old age. Management of disorders at the time of menstruation is to familiarize themselves hygienic behavior. The aim of this research is to know factors related to Personal hygiene during menstruation. Such as knowledge, peer communication, menarche age and belief in mythology at siswi in MI Miftahul Ulum Pamekasan. Quantitative research type with cross sectional approach. Respondents in the study were MI Miftahul Ulum Pamekasan as many as 117 student. The measuring tool used is questionnaire and tested using Chi Square Sampling is done by purposive sampling method. The results showed that 76.1% of respondents have enough Personal hygiene categories and as many as 23.9% of respondents into the category of Personal hygiene is less. The Chi Square test shows that there is a relationship between knowledge (p = 0.001), peer communication (p = 0.002), and mythic belief (p= 0.001) with Personal hygiene during menstruation, and menarche age (p= 0.473) Personal hygiene during menstruation. Teenagers are expected to increase Personal hygiene during menstruation by providing knowledge gained from mass media, parents, health workers and books. Schools apply health education methods to improve Personal hygiene during menstruation like SGD (Small Group Discussion).

A Study About Menstrual Personal Hygiene Knowledge and Behavior Among Adolescence School Girl in Jombang

“…The results of this study are supported by the research of Wahyudi, et al (2018) conducted on 117 female students at MI Miftahul Ulum Pamekasan who stated that the knowledge possessed by the respondents had a relationship with behavior as menstrual personal hygiene evidenced by the p-value of 0.001 < 0.05 (α) [30]. A teenager who already has good knowledge regarding hygiene related to menstrual personal hygiene will encourage himself to behave healthily during menstruation because he realizes the importance of trying to maintain cleanliness during menstruation [31].…”

“…Menstrual personal hygiene is an individual effort to maintain individual hygiene and health which is carried out during the menstrual period to obtain physical and psychological well-being and improve one's health status [17], [26]. Many factors can affect personal hygiene during menstruation, including knowledge related to reproductive health and personal hygiene in women, both during menstruation and in daily life [30]. Knowledge is the result of individual understanding after sensing a certain object, and becomes an important domain for forming one's actions (overt behavior).…”

Hubungan Antara Sikap dengan Perilaku Personal Hygiene Menstruasi Siswi SMA Budi Utomo Jombang

“…Budaya atau mitos seperti pembalut sekali pakai sebaiknya dicuci dahulu sebelum dibuang telah melekat pada banyak individu, mereka mempercayai bahwa bila tidak mencucinya dahulu akan "diikuti" oleh setan, sedangkan hal tersebut belum terbukti kebenarannya. Namun, apabila seseorang menolak pada kepercayaan, budaya atau mitos yang tidak disertai tanpa adanya kebenaran secara ilmiah memberikan makna bahwa pengetahuan yang dimiliki semakin baik, sehingga secara tak langsung bisa mempengaruhi personal hygiene yang dimiliki (Wahyudi, Asmoro, & Suarilah, 2018). Suka atau tidaknya seseorang berdasarkan pengalaman sendiri atau orang lain terhadap suatu objek atau peristiwa bisa menggambarkan sikap seseorang.…”