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Personal hygiene behavior is still considered less important among teenagers. This is due to teenagers' lack of knowledge regarding personal hygiene, so that personal hygiene behavior is difficult to implement in everyday life. Objective : To determine the relationship between knowledge and personal hygiene behavior during menstruation among young women at the Al-Quran and Conscience Islamic Boarding School in 2023. Method : This research is quantitative with a cross-sectional method. The population of this study was 132 people. Sampling in this study used the Total Sampling Technique. This research was conducted at the Al-Quran and Conscience Islamic Boarding School in 2023. Results : Statistical tests using the Chi-Square test resulted in a p-value of 0.000. smaller than 0.05 means that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Conclusion : There is a relationship between knowledge and personal hygiene behavior during menstruation among young women at the Al-Quran and Conscience Islamic Boarding School in 2023.

Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood which begins at the time of sexual maturity, namely between the ages of 11 or 12 to 20 years. Adolescence and menstruation are very closely related because menstruation is one of the important problems for teenage girls. This study aims to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes of adolescents with anxiety about facing menarche in class VII students at Makale Tana Toraja Catholic Middle School.    The research design used is descriptive analytic. Using the Cross Sectional method. With a total of 29 samples using proportional stratified random sampling technique. The analysis method was carried out using univariate and bivariate analysis methods using the Chi-square statistical test with a significance level of p-value <0.005.   Research shows that there is no relationship between knowledge and anxiety about facing menarche with a p-value꞊0.668>0.05 and there is no relationship between attitudes and anxiety about facing menarche with a p-value꞊0.207>0.05. It can be concluded that there is no relationship between teenagers' knowledge and attitudes and anxiety about facing menarche at Makale Tana Toraja Catholic Middle School. The suggestion in this research is that it is hoped that teachers, especially BK (Guidance Counseling) teachers, should further improve the provision of information and guidance to their students regarding healthy behavior in dealing with menstruation and menstrual disorders.

Adolescent girls during puberty will experience menstruation. If they cannot properly care for their reproductive organs during menstruation, it will cause several health problems, one of which is pruritus vulvae. Pruritus Vulvae occurs due to poor hygiene practices, to increase knowledge and attitudes of young women, researchers provide Lecture Methods and Peer Group Discussions about personal hygiene during menstruation in preventing Pruritus Vulvae.Objective: to see the effect of a combination of lecture methods and peer group discussions on knowledge and attitudes about personal hygiene during menstruation in preventing pruritus vulvae in young women at. Methods: and Peer Group Discussions about personal hygiene during menstruation in preventing Pruritus Vulvae.: The research design used was a quasy experiment. The analytical survey conducted in this study used the one group pre-test post-test approach design. The population is class VII students. Sampling was taken by purposive sampling, the sample size in this study was 30 young women. Data were collected using a questionnaire before and after being given the lecture method and peer group discussion of the knowledge instrument using the Guttman scale and the attitude instrument using the Likert scale and analyzed using the wilcoxon signed rank test. Result : The result of the study showed that the marginal homogeneity tes was obtained at knowledge p=0,000 and attitudes obtained a significant value p=0,003 in the post test. Suggestion : The lecture method and peer group discussion have a significant effect on the level of knowledge and attitudes of young women in preventing pruritus vulvae. The result showed that lecture methods and peer group discussions can be used us a means of health education to change health behavior for the better and can improve the hygiene of young women during menstruation in preventing pruritus vulvae.