Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat
Vol 12, No 2 (2017): Jurnal KEMAS Vol.12 No.2 : January 2017

The Needs of Information Services on Reproductive Health, STIs and HIV in Middle Adolescence

Shaluhiyah, Zahroh ( Magister Promosi Kesehatan Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Diponegoro)
Suryoputro, Antono ( Magister Promosi Kesehatan Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Diponegoro)
Setyawati, Any ( Magister Promosi Kesehatan Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Diponegoro)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Mar 2017

Abstract

Reproductive health information including STIs and HIV/AIDS has been provided in community health center. In fact, the level of adolescent knowledge in terms of sexual health and its risks is still low. This study aims to identify adolescent needs of information services on sexual and reproductive health including STIs and HIV/AIDS. All adolescent aged 15 to 19 years in Ngesrep village were recruited as a sample. There were 237 adolescents participated in this cross sectional study. The findings showed that half of them have low level of knowledge, nearly half have permissive sexual attitudes, 15% have engaged in sexual intercourse. Adolescents need comprehensive information including pregnancy, sexual diseases and HIV/AIDS which provided by health workers at school health programs.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

kemas

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

Description

KEMAS Journal: Research Study in Public Health publishes the article based on research or equivalent to research results in public health or other disciplines related to public health that has not been loaded/published by other media. The journal contains articles about epidemiology and ...