Authors : Sartini Risky; Rahman

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 10 - October

Google Scholar : https://tinyurl.com/2d2shybj

Scribd : https://tinyurl.com/yc59a5mv

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10153911

Abstract : Background: Based on the Central Statistics Agency for Southeast Sulawesi, the percentage of women aged 10-54 years who have ever been pregnant by district/city and age at first pregnancy, South Konawe shows 15% of pregnant women aged less than 16 years. There are several problems related to reproductive health irregularities, namely early pregnancy and marriage, unwanted pregnancies and the transmission of sexual diseases. Based on a preliminary survey at the junior high school country 3 South Konawe, many teenagers do not receive sufficient and correct information about sexuality and reproductive health. Objective: To find out the effect of promoting adolescent reproductive health using the buzz group method on the knowledge and attitudes of class VIII students at Junior high school country 3 South Konawe District, Southeast Sulawesi Province in 2023. Method: The method used in this research uses Pre- Experimental Design with a One Group Pretest-Posttest Design approach. The number of samples in the study was 42 respondents. The sampling technique uses Purposive Sampling technique. The analysis method uses the Wilcoxon test which is carried out using the SPSS application. Results: The results of the study showed that students' knowledge and attitudes before and after reproductive health promotion using the buzz group method increased. This can be seen from the statistical test value of knowledge and attitudes which obtained a p-value of 0.000 < 0.05. So H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, which means that there is an influence of adolescent reproductive health promotion using the buzz group method on the knowledge and attitudes of class VIII students at junior high school country 3 South Konawe District. Conclusion: There is an influence before and after promoting adolescent reproductive health using the Buzz Group method on the knowledge and attitudes of Class VIII students at junior high school 3 South Konawe District. Therefore, schools need to provide health education by providing counseling on adolescent reproductive health carried out by school health teachers or in collaboration with community health centers and health services. Collaboration between schools and health workers to form reproductive health peer educators at the school level.

Keywords : Keywords: Health Promotion, Reproductive Health, Knowledge, Attitude, Buzz Group.