PENGARUH PROMOSI KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP TENTANG SEKS PRANIKAH PADA REMAJA

Abstract

Knowledge and attitude is a psychological factor that plays an important to role influence someone behavior. Teenagers premarital sex is very important notice nowadays,  because  in  the  last  few  decades  this  premarital  sex  become  an important health issue not only among teenegers but it also occur in  large number of developed  and  developing  countries.  The  purpose  of  this  research  was  to determine the knowledge and attitudes of teenagers about teenagers premarital sex at SMP Negeri 02 Satu Atap Kecamatan Patumbak. This research used pre experiment method, where as the data collecting is done by interview with the tool of questioner, this research method used one grup pre-test post-test design. The population of this research were all of the second grade students of junior high school as many as 153 peoples and sampling used was probability sampling, with simple  random  sampling  technique  counted  96  peoples.  Statistic  test  used  T paired  sample  t-test  with  computerization  and  test  result  as  follows:  (1) knowledge  before  and  after  counseling  (p  =  0.000),  (2)  attitude  before  and attitude after counseling (p = 0.000). Suggestions from research that for the school is expected to understand and realize the intellectual ability of learners and developed for the potential of each individual materialized in accordance with their respective differences, especially regarding reproductive health in order to prevent teenagers premarital sex