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Abstract. Vaginal Discharge is the discharge of fluids other than blood from the vagina. The prevalence of vaginal discharge in Indonesia is 70%. One of the factors that can cause vaginal discharge is the lack of knowledge of teenage girls regarding vulva hygiene. The right practice of vulva hygiene can overcome vaginal discharge. Parental support is an influential guiding factor in the practice of genital organ care (vulva hygiene).The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between teenage knowledge and parental support in vulva hygiene with the preventive behavior of the occurrence of pathologic vaginal discharge in teenage girls at Junior High School of Tourism Sanur. This study employed a correlation analytic design with a cross-sectional approach. The sampling technique used was a proportionate stratified random sampling and simple random sampling technique. To conduct this study, 130 respondents were recruited as the sample. The data were collected using a questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the Spearman Rho. Findings indicated that the most teenagers- knowledge level was in the good category with a median value of 15.00 and most of the parents support in vulva hygiene was in the good category with a median value of 69.50. Most of pathologic vaginal discharge preventive behaviors of respondents were in a good category with a median value of 48.00. The results of the statistical test showed significant results between teenage knowledge and the prevention of vaginal discharge behavior (p-value<0.001; r=0.415). There were significant results between parental support and whiteness preventive behaviors (p-value<0.001; r=0.380). There is a relationship between teenage knowledge and parental support in vulva hygiene with the preventive behavior of pathological vaginal discharge in teenage girls at Junior High School of Tourism Sanur. The female teenagers are expected to vulva hygiene to preventive behavior of pathological vaginal discharge.