Impact of index card match method on the knowledge and attitudes about leucorrhoea among adolescent girls

Autor: Syaiful, Yuanita, Fatmawati, Lilis, Qomariah, Siti Nur, Firdani, Mafrukahtul
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Community Empowerment for Health; Vol 4, No 3 (2021)
ISSN: 2655-0164
2654-8283
DOI: 10.22146/jcoemph.61908
Popis: Leucorrhoea is a reproductive health problem that often appears in adolescents. Girls between the ages of 12-16 are at high risk of leucorrhoea. The Index Card Match (ICM) method is recognized as an effective preventive effort of the adolescent health education. This research aimed to discover the impact of the ICM method on the knowledge and attitudes about leucorrhoea among adolescent girls and prove the ICM method’s effectivity between the treatment and control groups. This study used a quasi-experimental design with a pre–post-test and control group. The population of this research was 40 adolescent girls. The sample included as many as 32 respondents using purposive sampling who were then divided into 2 groups: treatment and control, with each group consisting of 16 respondents. The independent variable was health education using the ICM method. The dependent variables were knowledge and attitude. The instruments used a questionnaire of knowledge and attitude, index card match, leaflet, and event activity unit. Data analysis used a paired T-test and the independent T-test with the significance set as p
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