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The relationship between level of knowledge and vaginal discharge prevention behavior for nursing student
Antonia Diti Juniar1, Arusta Yohana Simamora1, Corry Natasya Parniaty Manalu1
1Universitas Pelita Harapan. Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia.
Objective:
Reproductive health in adolescent girls is very important. To determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and the behavior of preventing vaginal discharge among nursing students.
Methods:
a quantitative, cross-sectional study, with 155 first-year female students at a private faculty of nursing. Data were collected from February to March 2022, using an electronic questionnaire.
Results:
98.1% of participants have a good level of knowledge and 92.3% of participants practice good vaginal discharge prevention behavior.
Conclusion:
good knowledge produces appropriate prevention behavior. The result of this study can be used as a contribution of thoughts and references as a more in-depth study of the factors that influence the level of knowledge and behavior about the disease of the genitalia and the dangers of pathological vaginal discharge.
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