| Summary: | Background: Teenage period is the period of transition from childhood to
adolescence characterized by the presence of puberty. Girls face puberty early, as
indicated from the incidence of menarche. Average age of menarche tends to
decline over years. Menarche at early age can cause anxiety. Unless there is
psychological preparedness and adequate information, menarche can become a
traumatic experience.
Objective: To identify effect of health education to body image of female
elementary school students facing menarche at elementary schools of Sub District
of Jetis, Yogyakarta.
Method: The study was a pre experiment with one group pretest posttest design
without control undertaken at 15 elementary schools all over Sub District of Jetis
Yogyakarta in August - October 2012. Samples consisted of 283 female students
taken through total sampling technique. Research instrument was questionnaire of
body image. Data analysis used Wilcoxon and Paired t test.
Result: The result of the study showed score of mean of body image during
pretest was 82.7 and posttest 83.7. The result of Wilcoxon showed there was no
significant difference in body image before and after health education with the
mix between lecture and audiovisual media (p>0.05). Body image consisted of
four components, i.e. perception, affective, cognitive, and behavior. The result of
score of mean during pre test and post test showed increase in components of
affective, cognitive, and behavior. Cognitive component was one that showed
significant change.
Conclusion: There was no effect of health education to body image of female
elementary school students facing menarche at elementary schools of Sub District
of Jetis, Yogyakarta.
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