BACKGROUND: Reproductive health is an important issue and needs to get more attention, especially among adolescents because adolescents are the nation’s next generation so adolescents should have excellent reproductive health because adolescents will later marry and become parents, so the quality of life of adolescents must improve to better direction. AIM: This study aimed to determine the effect of celery therapy and abdominal stretching exercise on pain intensity in adolescents with dysmenorrhea in Soppeng District High School. METHODS: This research uses quasi-experimental. A sample of 30 was selected by consecutive sampling that met the inclusion criteria. Samples taken are non-randomized pre-posttest one-group design with accidental sampling method. Data collection using numeric rating scale measurement tools. Data were not normally distributed by analyzing the Wilcoxon test. RESULTS: The results showed that the characteristics of respondents for age were 14–15 years as many as 16 (53.3%). Based on grade level, the average respondent in class one also had details of 16 (53.3%). The average pain intensity before and after intervention, where the mean value + SD is 0.67 + 0.479–0.27 + 0.450 with p value (P = 0.001 <0.05) which means that there is a difference in the average pain intensity significant before and after therapeutic interventions were given. Celery therapy and abdominal stretching exercise need to be recommended to be used as therapy to treat primary dysmenorrhea in young women at SMAN 1 Watan Soppeng. CONCLUSION: Based on the results of research and hypotheses, it can be concluded that there are significant differences after therapy which means that the administration of celery therapy and abdominal stretching exercise 3 times before menstruation is more effective in reducing pain.

Many young women do not know and realize that they have anemia, even though they know that they have anemia, they still think that anemia is a trivial problem. Young women are prone to anemia. The existence of a monthly menstrual cycle is one of the factors that cause young women to be prone to anemia, moreover, driven by their lack of knowledge about anemia. This study aims to analyze the factors associated with the prevention of anemia during menstruation in adolescent girls at Public High School Soppeng Regency. The type of research used is descriptive correlational research with a cross sectional approach. Based on the results of the analysis showed that there was a relationship between knowledge (0.000) and efforts to prevent anemia during menstruation. Researchers suggest for health workers to increase counseling and counseling as well as guidance for young women to prevent anemia.