Relationship of Personal Hygiene Behavior with Learning Achievement in Students Ar Risalah Padang of Senior High School

Abstract

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Background: The final value of a student's educational process can be seen from the optimal learning achievement. Many things that affect learning achievement, like a personal hygiene behavior as a determinant of health issues.

Objective: To determine the relation of personal hygiene behavior to the achievement learing on Ar Risalah Padang of Senior High School.

Methods: This research was an analytic study with cross-sectional design. Research subjects were obtained using a proportionate stratified random sampling method from a population of ninety of Ar Risalah Padang of senior high school students. This research used a personal hygiene behavior questionnaire that include knowledge, attitude, and action domain.

Results: The results showed fifty five point six percent students had a good level of knowledge, fifty six point seven percent students had a positive attitude, fifty four point four percent students had a good actions, and sixty percent students had good learning achievement. The significance value of knowledge was zero point zero fourty two, attitude was zero point zero fourty, and action was zero point zero fourty four.

Conclusions: knowledge, attitude, and actions of personal hygiene were significantly related to the learning achievement because of p value smaller than zero point zero five. Special attention is expected by Ar Risalah Padang of senior high school and local health agencies are regarding personal hygiene education to produce optimal learning achievement.