Needs Assesment of Adolescent Health Services

Abstract

Health problems surround the adolescent rises everytime, yet it does unexcelled with their awareness or knowledge about that problems. The adolescent health service that are poorly accesced by the adolescent become the indicator that proves that the adolescent health services are not fully known and utilized yet. The assesment of adolesccent health services need has to be done so that it can be fully understand by the helper, target and stakeholder. This study aimed to analyse the adolescent health service need in Karang Bendo, Banguntapan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The study was conducted in 2016 using cross-sectional approach. The results revealed that the level of adolsecent’s knowledge are still relatively poor: reproductive health knowledge (44.1%), HIV/AIDS (41.2%), smoke (50%), drugs (58.8%), and healthy lifestyle () (47.1%). The majority of respondents said that they need health services about reproduction health (94.1%), HIV/AIDS (91.2%), smoke (91.2%), drugs (88.2%) and healthy lifestyle (91.2%).

Pengaruh Pelatihan Kesehatan Reproduksi Remaja terhadap Pengetahuan dan Sikap Orang Tua

“…Situasi ini menyebabkan hilangnya kepercayaan dari anak untuk menceritakan masalah-masalah pribadi dan penting kepada orang tua, sehingga remaja cenderung lebih percaya menceritakan masalahnya kepada teman. 6 Sumber informasi kesehatan yang diinginkan remaja adalah dari orang tua, selain dari tenaga kesehatan professional dan teman sebaya. Namun faktanya, hanya sekitar 5-10% remaja laki-laki dan 16-20% remaja perempuan yang mendapatkan informasi masalah kesehatan reproduksi dari orang tua mereka.…”

“…Artinya semakin banyak sumber informasi yang didapat oleh orang tua maka semakin tinggi tingkat pengetahuan dan sikap dalam mengkomunikasikan kesehatan reproduksi remaja sehingga akan semakin membuka peluang remaja cerita tentang kesehatan reproduksi ke orang tua. 6 Sebaliknya, semakin jarang orang tua berkomunikasi dengan anak terkait kesehatan reproduksi remaja maka pengetahun remaja pun semakin rendah (Tabel 2). Studi yang dilakukan oleh Fadianty melaporkan, semakin tua usia orang tua maka semakin sedikit topik yang didiskusikan antara remaja dan orang tua.…”

Health and Lifestyle Practices of Under Graduate Students Studying in Selected Nursing College

“…This habits not only threat current health of adolescents, but also their future health as adults. 2 However, parents should encourage healthy behaviours during adolescence, and should take steps to protect young people from risks which are critical for the individuals' future health. 3 This study assessed changes in students' health and lifestyle behaviours 4 .…”