THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY SUPPORT AND ADOLESCENT GIRLS' READINESS TO FACE THEIR FIRST MENSTRUATION (MENARCHE): A LITERATURE STUDY

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Background :The Indonesian Ministry of Health notes that the average age of menarche in Indonesia occurs at the age of 12 years and 4 months with a prevalence of 60%, age 13 years 30%, and the rest above 13 years. Adolescent girls need to get family support in order to have good readiness when facing menarche. Lack of information about care can cause reproductive tract infections that can lead to infertility. Objective: To know the relationship between family support and the readiness of adolescent girls to face their first menstruation (menarche). Methods :This literature study is a literature review, searching for articles using electronic based such as Google Scholar, Garuda, Semantic Scholar and Researchgate. The keywords used are parental support, menarche, adolescent girls, role of parents. Results :The results obtained from 9 articles show that families support adolescent girls facing menarche and 1 article shows a lack of family support. Conclusion : Conclusions and Suggestions of this study from 10 articles found that there is a significant relationship between family support and the readiness of adolescent girls to face menarche. Advice for parents is the need for approach and assistance from parents to their children in facing menarche.