Smart Box Education and Menstrual Hygiene Knowledge Among Adolescent Girls

Abstract

Menstrual hygiene knowledge is important for adolescent reproductive health. This pre-experimental one-group pretest–posttest study examined changes in knowledge after Smart Box education among 33 purposively selected female students at SMAN 1 Kediri. Knowledge was measured using a questionnaire before and after the intervention, and changes in categories were analyzed using the marginal homogeneity test. Before the intervention, 26 students (78.8%) had moderate knowledge and three (9.1%) had good knowledge. After the intervention, 30 students (90.9%) had good knowledge. The pre–post difference was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Smart Box may be a useful interactive resource for school-based menstrual hygiene education, although controlled research is required to establish causal effectiveness.