Efforts to Increase Adolescent Knowledge and Awareness About Menstrual Health Management Through the Provision of Health Education in Boarding School

Abstract

Menstrual health management is the management of hygiene and health during menstruation period. Health education about reproductive health is important for adolescent to know, so that they have the correct information and knowledge about the topic. Adolescents who have a poor understanding of genital personal hygiene can cause reproductive health problems such as vaginal discharge and reproductive tract infections. So it is necessary to provide information about reproductive health, especially menstrual hygiene management through health education. The purpose of this community service is to increase the knowledge and self-awareness of young women about the management of hygiene and menstrual health. The method used in this community service is lecture and discussion. The results obtained were an increase in adolescent knowledge about menstrual hygiene. This is evidenced by an increase in knowledge of 14.84% in the posttest results.
 Abstrak
 Manajemen kesehatan menstruasi merupakan pengelolaan kebersihan dan kesehatan pada saat mengalami menstruasi. Pendidikan kesehatan tentang kesehatan reproduksi penting untuk diketahui oleh remaja agar mereka memiliki informasi dan pengetahuan yang benar tentang topik tersebut. Remaja yang memiliki pemahaman yang kurang tentang personal hygiene genitalia maka dapat menyebabkan terjadinya gangguan kesehatan reproduksi seperti keputihan dan infeksi saluran reproduksi. Sehingga diperlukan adanya pemberian informasi tentang kesehatan reproduksi khususnya manajemen kebersihan menstruasi melalui pendidikan kesehatan. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini adalah meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kesadaran diri remaja putri tentang manajemen kebersihan dan kesehatan menstruasi. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah ceramah dan diskusi. Hasil yang diperoleh terdapat peningkatan pengetahuan remaja tentang hygiene menstruasi. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan adanya peningkatan pengetahuan sebesar 14,84% pada hasil posttest.
 Keywords: Adolescent, Health Education, Knowledge, Menstrual hygiene management

Understanding of Nutritional Practices and Dietary Patterns Among Adolescents Experiencing Iron Deficiency Anemia

“…Likewise, the research of (Wulandari & Prihatin, 2022), As per the study findings, it was observed that a higher proportion of respondents exhibited lower levels of knowledge, namely 44 people (53.7%), while the level of knowledge was only 38 people (46.3%). Most respondents' knowledge is lacking, this is due to the lack of information about nutrition obtained from schools and the surrounding environment.…”