The relationship between level of knowledge and vaginal discharge prevention behavior for nursing student - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The relationship between level of knowledge and vaginal discharge prevention behavior for nursing student

ABSTRACT

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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