Parent-Adolescent Communication On Reproductive Health and Sexual Of Adolescent

Abstract

Introduction: In adolescence, there are various changes, both physical, cognitive, and social, which cause adolescents vulnerable to reproductive health problems. The family as the closest part of adolescence is one of the main factors in improving adolescent reproductive health and has a very important role in providing sexual and reproductive health information to adolescents. Objective: to find out the communication between parents and teenagers about sexual and reproductive health. Method: The design used is a systematic review. Journal searches are conducted on online databases such as PubMed, Elsevier, Science Direct, and Google Scholar. Journals, articles, and literature reviews were found using keywords parent-adolescent communication, sexual and reproductive health, adolescents. Results: A total of 7 journal articles selected from 28 articles showed that communication between parents and adolescents regarding reproductive and sexual health was very important to do. However, the implementation is still lacking due to various factors such as lack of parental knowledge, parents lacking in communication skills, the presence of shame, and cultural influences that consider reproductive and sexual health issues as taboo to be discussed with adolescents. Discussion: The communication of parents and adolescents regarding reproductive and sexual health has been widely investigated in various countries. Interventions are needed to improve the quality of communication between parents and adolescents through increasing the knowledge of parents of these adolescents.

Kualitas Komunikasi Keluarga terhadap Pencegahan Perilaku Seksual Berisiko pada Remaja

“…Mereka juga mengatakan bahwa hal yang wajar jika saling merangkul dan bergandengan tangan ketika berpacaran. Berbagai penyebab munculnya perilaku seksual berisiko seperti kurangnya pengetahuan, terlalu bebas pergaulan, kontrol dan peran orangtua yang kurang, serta komunikasi yang kurang antara remaja dengan keluarga (Febriana A & Mulyono S, 2020) Komunikasi keluarga tentang seksualitas adalah usaha pemberian informasi kepada remaja tentang keadaan fisik, hubungan bermasyarakat, kesehatan seksual dan psikologis remaja, sehingga sikap serta perilaku dari remaja dapat diterima di masyarakat (Putri, 2014). Komunikasi yang terjalin dengan baik antara orang tua dan anak memegang peranan penting untuk menurunkan kecenderungan remaja dari perilaku seksual berisiko.…”

Dukungan Informasional dan Emosional Keluarga dalam Perilaku Pemanfaatan Layanan Kesehatan Reproduksi Remaja

“…Salah satu faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi terbentuknya perilaku kesehatan reproduksi dan seksual remaja adalah keluarga, khususnya orangtua remaja tersebut. Keluarga sebagai bagian terdekat dan penting dari remaja diharapkan mampu memberikan dukungan berupa pemberian pengetahuan dan berkomunikasi dengan remaja mengenai kesehatan reproduksi dan seksual (Febriana & Mulyono, 2020). Dukungan keluarga adalah serangkaian kegiatan yang berorientasi untuk meningkatkan fungsi keluarga dan mendasarkan pengasuhan anak khususnya pada anak remaja (Daly et al, 2015).…”

Parents behavior for delivering adolescent reproductive health education

“…In practice, there are still many parents who have not communicated reproductive health and sexuality to adolescents [14]. Research conducted in Indonesia stated that the provision of reproductive health information from parents to adolescents has several obstacles, whether it is still considered taboo on reproductive health information, lack of parental knowledge, and shyness to discuss reproductive health topics [13], [15]. Parents are also still not confident in providing reproductive health information to teenagers [15], [16].…”

“…Research conducted in Indonesia stated that the provision of reproductive health information from parents to adolescents has several obstacles, whether it is still considered taboo on reproductive health information, lack of parental knowledge, and shyness to discuss reproductive health topics [13], [15]. Parents are also still not confident in providing reproductive health information to teenagers [15], [16]. Parents' confidence in communicating reproductive health to adolescents will have an impact on parents' desire to discuss reproductive health with adolescents.…”