Aloha International Journal of Multidisciplinary Advancement (AIJMU)
Vol 1, No 5 (2019): MAY

The Relationship Between Knowledge and Attitudes About Reproductive Health with Adolescent Sexual Behavior at Ponorogo in 2017

Esti Sugiyorini (Poltekkes Kemenkes Malang)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 May 2019

Abstract

Introduction: Reproductive health is a state of overall health related to the reproductive system. Adolescent group is the group that have most of risk in reproductive health, because there is a very large of physical change, that is maturation of reproductive organs and functions. Adolescents begin to feel a sexual urge and are attracted to other geneder so they are have risk of unwanted pregnancy, abortion and HIV / AIDS. The purpose of this study is to find out of knowledge and attitudes about reproductive health and its relationship with sexual behavior in adolescents. Methods: This research was cross sectional study. Population’s study were all of 1st grade students of Senior High School Sooko 1 Ponorogo (70 students) with 60 studets for sample. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling. The instrument in this study was a questionnaire. Data were collected by giving questionnaires and interviews to the sample group. Data were analyzed with Fisher exact test. Results: Fisher Exact Test was showed p> 0.05 for the relationship between reproductive health knowledge and sexual behavior of students and and the Fisher Exact Test was also showed p> 0.05 for the relationship between sexual behavior and students' attitudes toward reproductive health. Conclusion: There did not have relationship between knowledge of reproductive health with sexual behavior and also did not have relationship between sexual behavior with reproductive health attitudes in students. Keywords: knowledge; attitudes; sexual behavior; reproductive health; adolescents

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Journal Info

Abbrev

aijmu

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Subject

Humanities Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Health Professions Social Sciences

Description

AIJMU is an online media publication in the international scope, for scientific works in all fields of science such as health, education, management, biology, engineering, humanities, economics, law, art and so on. The types of scientific works published are research articles, literature review, ...