Medis: Jurnal Inovasi Kesehatan dan Medika Nusantara
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): Maret : Medis: Jurnal Inovasi Kesehatan dan Medika Nusantara

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PERSONAL HYGIENE BEHAVIOR TOWARDS VAGINAL DISCHARGE

Evalin (Audi University Medan)



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Publish Date
17 Mar 2026

Abstract

Understanding about health reproduction is very important for women , especially in matter vaginal discharge , so that they know How method overcome it and understand impact . Research This aim For evaluate connection between knowledge , attitudes , and behavior personal hygiene with incident vaginal discharge in female students . Research This use method qualitative and was conducted at Harapan Mekar High School, Medan. The population study covers all over female students class XII, engineering taking samples used The total sampling was 33 people. The data were analyzed use analysis univariate and bivariate with the chi-square test , at the level 95% confidence α=0.05. Research result disclose that which is related with vaginal discharge covering knowledge (p=0.005), attitude (p=0.016), and behavior (p=0.005). It is recommended to female students should clean the genital area with the correct way , namely with wipe from front of the vagina to direction behind the anus. Say

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Medis: Jurnal Inovasi Kesehatan dan Medika Nusantara (E-ISSN: 3124-8918) adalah jurnal ilmiah peer-review dan open access yang diterbitkan oleh Lembaga Penerbit Penelitian Multidisipliner, yang didedikasikan sebagai wadah akademik untuk publikasi penelitian, kajian ilmiah, serta inovasi dalam bidang ...