Audio-visual media to improve sexual-reproduction health knowledge among adolescent
Sitti Nur Djannah, Sulistyawati Sulistyawati, Tri Wahyuni Sukesi, Surahma Asti Mulasari, Fatwa Tentama
Abstract
Lacking knowledge among adolescents affects their understanding of some problems related to sexual-reproduction health. Electronic media recognized as the favored source of information for adolescents. This research aimed to assess the effect of audio-visual media to the increasing of sexual-reproduction knowledge. We conducted a before and after without control informal experimental study design into 153 students in the 1st-3rd grade of junior high school. The effect of the intervention was assessed through the difference between pre- and post-intervention by using the Wilcoxon test. The mean score of the respondent pre and post-intervention was significantly increasing. The audiovisual increased the knowledge of the adolescent regarding sexual-reproduction health
Keywords
Adolescent education; Audio-visual media; Knowledge; Sexual-reproduction health
