The Effect of Leaflet on Reproductive Health Media Accessing Behavior among Students in Medan North Sumatera

Abstract

Background: Psychological changes in adolescents can be influenced due to hormonal changes in the body and the desire to express sexual appetite so that it can result in increased sexual problems such as increased premarital sexual behavior or free sex. Therefore, it is necessary to do an intervention step to be able to increase information and knowledge for adolescents about reproductive health. This study aimed to determine the effect of information through leaflets on the habit of accessing media related to reproductive health and premarital sexual attitudes on students at Vocational School (VS) Parulian I Medan. Subjects and Method: This was quasi experimental with One Group Pretest-Posttest Design without a control group. The study was conducted from May to July 2019. A total of 133 students of class X and XI of Medan Parulian I Vocational School was selected for this study. The data were collected using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed by Wilcoxon. Results: The habit of accessing media after being given information through leaflets (Mean= 1.59; SD= 0.49) was higher compared to before getting information through leaflets (Mean= 1.26; SD= 0.44), and statistically significant (p<0.001). Pre-sexual behavior marriage after got the information through leaflets (Mean= 42.38; SD= 11.11) was higher than before got the information through leaflets (Mean= 38.92; SD= 11.97), and statistically significant (p< 0.001). Conclusion: Information in the leaflet improved the habit of accessing media related to reproductive health and positive premarital sexual attitudes.

The Effect of Reproductive Health Education on Knowledge and Attitudes of Adolescent About Premarital Sex in Private Vocational School Surabaya

“…If it is strong enough, it will provide a sufficient basis in assessing something so that a confident attitude is formed. Information in the leaflet im¬proved the habit of accessing media related to reproductive health and positive premarital sexual attitudes (Damanik et al, 2020). This is also supported by research conducted by Barik et al, who suggested this form of media will be more effective when combined with other media such as videos, telephone interactions, games and others (Barik et al, 2019).…”