The relationship of teenager reproductive health knowledge and attitudes of prospective biology teacher student in the course of human anatomy and physiology in the biology department at universitas negeri padang

Abstract

There are many cases of teenager reproductive health caused by low teenager knowledge of reproductive health. This problem must be a concern by various parties, including teachers. Furthermore, some teachers still do not understand how to properly integrate reproductive health material. Therefore, biology teacher candidates are required to have good knowledge and attitudes toward teenager reproductive health. This research is a descriptive study with 40 sample students taking part in the lectures on Human Anatomy and Physiology at Universitas Negeri Padang in 2018. Data were collected using written tests and questionnaires. The result showed that the knowledge is obtained by an average score of 77.71 with good categories, and attitudes with an average score of 86.55 in the excellent category. Based on the results of the study, concluded that the knowledge and attitudes of prospective biology teacher had a very strong correlation.