Effectiveness Of Reproductive Health Education On Parent As Prevention Of Sexual Abuse In School Age Children (7-12 Years) In Pekanbaru

Abstract

The research on the effectiveness of reproductive health education on parents as prevention of sexual abuse in school age children (7-12 years) was performed on 60 parents as respondent, in Pekanbaru. This study is quasy experiments used pre and post test approach so that the respondent will be divided into an experimental group. The purpose of this study was to identify the effectiveness of reproductive health education for prevention sexual abuse in school age children. Statistical’s test by Wilcoxon and Man Whitney showed that health education is more effective to increase respondent’s knowledge. The study found that health education effective to increase respondent’s knowledge about reproductive’s health on experimental group than control group (p < a). However, this study suggest that community health workers in primary health centers, should continue to give health education about reproductive’s health, to parents who have school age children, as to prevent the occurrence of sexual abuse of schoolage children