Persepsi Remaja Putri di Kota Ambon Tentang Risiko Terpapar Kosmetik Berbahaya dan Perilakunya dalam Memilih dan Menggunakan Kosmetik
Abstrak: Cosmetics are
products that frequently used by female teenagers to attain and maintain beauty
instantly according to their beauty concept. There are many cosmetics in the
markets unregistered and contain hazardous substances. The wide distribution of
unregistered cosmetics becomes a risk factor for hazardous cosmetics exposure.
Thus a research is needed to study the
perception of female teenager about hazardous cosmetics exposure risk and their
behavior of choosing and using them.
Objective: This research intended to study the perception of female teenagers about
hazardous cosmetics, the perception of female teenagers in Ambon about
hazardous cosmetics exposure risk and the behavior of choosing and using
cosmetics.
Method: This research was a survey combined with qualitative method using
descriptive explorative approach. Survey was conducted in in 6 private and 6 public
High Schools in Ambon. There were 394 female students as responden which is
recruited by multistage cluster sampling method. The methods of data collection
were descriptive and Focus Group Description (FGD). The participant of FGD was
recruited with purposive sampling
method, in which 3 to 4 students from
each school recruited as participants of FGD yielding a total of 44 respondents
who were split in 6 group discussion.
Thematic was then used for data analysis.
Results: More than half of 394 students (57,9%) experienced skin problem
after using their cosmetics. The evidence of some skin problems such as peeled off the skin, reddish skin and burned
skin was perceptioned as procedures to make skin become white, but the black
spot and acne after using cosmetics was perceptioned as the cosmetics is
dangerous.
Conclusion: The wrong perception that some skin problems are the
procedure to make skin white in teenagers in Ambon, lead them
to have the risky behaviour in choosing and using cosmetics. The
National Agency of Food and Drug Control especially the Institute of Food and
Drug Control in Ambon should actively conduct
the health promotion about cosmetics and problems in the high schools
and household in to reduce the potential
risk of the exposure to hazardous cosmetics.
Keywords: beauty concept,
perception, cosmetics, hazardous cosmetics, the behavior of choosing and using
cosmetics
Penulis: Bidan Tringani Damanik,
Kristiana Etnawati, Retna Siwi Padmawati
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd110171
