Effectiveness of Health Counseling Using Video Method in Increasing Knowledge of Adolescents Reproductive Health

Abstract

 ABSTRACT One of the problems faced by adolescents is a lack of knowledge about adolescent reproductive health, which will have an impact on the quality of life of adolescents as a development factor and their readiness to build a family. Around 32.1% of adolescent girls and 36.5% of adolescent boys aged 15-19 years started dating when they were not yet 15 years old. 0.7% of women aged 15-19 years and 4.5% of men aged 15-19 years have had premarital sexual relations. The reasons for premarital sexual relations were mostly out of curiosity or want to know (57.5% of men), it just happened (38% of women), and was forced by their partner (12.6% of women). This research aims to determine the influence of adolescent reproductive health counseling by providing videos on the knowledge of adolescents at the Kasih Allah Orphanage in Tulungagung. The research design used was pre-experiment using the one group pre-test and post-test design method. The population in this study was all adolescents at the Kasih Allah Tulungagung Orphanage, as many as 39 students. 39 adolescents met the inclusion criteria using total sampling techniques. The inclusion criteria in the study were adolescents aged 10 – 19 years, adolescents who came during data collection, and adolescents who were willing to be researched. Data analysis using Wilcoxon. Before being given counseling on adolescent reproductive health using video media, all respondents had the poor knowledge category, namely 28 respondents (71.8%), there was a significant difference in knowledge about adolescent reproductive health between before and after health education using video media with a significance value of 0.000 ( p< 0.05). Adolescent Reproductive Health Counseling using video media is effective in increasing the knowledge of adolescents at the Kasih Allah Tulungagung Orphanage.