61 PENGETAHUAN DAN TINDAKAN PERSONAL HYGIENE SAAT MENSTRUASI PADA REMAJA Ni Luh Agustini Purnama* *STIKesKatolik St.Vincentius a Paulo Surabaya, Jl. Jambi 12-18 Surabaya. e-mail: niluh.purnama20@gmail.com ABSTRAK Perawatan saat menstruasi perlu dilakukan karea jika kurang dijaga kebersihannya akan berpotensi terhadap timbulnya infeksi pada organ reproduksi. Dalam meningkatkan kebersihan organ reproduksi dan pencegahan penyakit, diharapkan untuk wanita memiliki pengetahuan yang baik sehingga dapat berpengaruh pada kebiasaan positif. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan tindakan personal hygiene menstruasi remaja putri. Desain penelitian menggunakan cross sectional. Responden sebanyak 42 remaja putri di SMKN 4 Negara yang diambil dengan teknik simple random sampling. Pengetahuan dan praktik diukur dengan menggunakan kuesioner. Uji statistik yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini dengan uji Spearman. Dari dari 35 reponden yang berpengetahuan baik sebanyak 55 (94,3%) tindakan personal hygiene saat menstruasinya dalam kategori baik. Hanya 1 responden yang memiliki pengetahuan ketegori kurang dengan tindakan personal hygiene yang tidak baik . Hasil Uji Rank Spearman menunjukkan nilai p< 0,05 artinya ada hubungan pengetahuan dengan tindakan personal hygiene saat mentruasinya. Nilai korelasi rho yaitu 0,47 hal ini arah hubungan positif dan kekuatan hubungan sedang. Arah hubungan positif artinya semakin tinggi skor pengetahuan maka semakin baik tindakan personal hygiene. Kata kunci: Pengetahuan, Tindakan, Personal Hygiene, Remaja. ABSTRACT Treatment during menstruation needs to be done because if it is not kept clean, it will potentially lead to infection in the reproductive organs. In improving the hygiene of reproductive organs and preventing disease, it is hoped that women will have good knowledge so that they can influence positive habits. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the level of knowledge and personal hygiene measures for female adolescents. The research design used cross-sectional. Respondents were 42 adolescents at SMKN 4 Negara who were taken using a simple random sampling technique. Knowledge and behavior were measured using a questionnaire. The statistical test used in this study was the Spearman test . The results showed that out of 35 adolescents with good knowledge, 55 (94.3%) personal hygiene m behavior during menstruation were in a good category. Only 1 adolescent had poor category knowledge with bad personal hygiene behavior during menstruation. The results of the Spearman Rank test showed that p-value <0.05, meaning that there was a relationship between knowledge and personal hygiene behavior in adolescents during menstruation. The rho correlation value is 0.47, this is the direction of the positive relationship and the strength of the relationship is moderate. The direction of the positive relationship means that the higher the knowledge score, the better the personal hygiene behavior There is a relationship between knowledge and personal hygiene behavior hygiene behavior in adolescents during menstruation. Keywords : Knowledge, Behavior, Personal Hygiene, Adolescents.