Implementation Of Peer Education Method In Prevention Of Pre-Marital Sexual Behavior In Adolescents
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2015-06-18
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Adolescents have a potential period to face global competition. Peer education is empowerment
program of peers to provide information and knowledge for adolescent health. The purpose of this
study was to determine the effect of peer education on adolescent premarital sexual behavior. The
study was conducted in the Pasir Gunung Selatan Village, West Java. The study was quasiexperimental
with one group (pretest-posttest) design. The respondents were 32 adolescents. The
results showed that majority of the respondents were in the middle age stage (15-17 years) and
(55.5%) of the respondents were male. Bivariate analysis showed that there was a significant
difference between the average adolescent premarital sexual behavior before and after the
implementation of peer education (ρ<0.05). It is suggested to public health centers to develop a Youth
Care Health Services (PKPR) program as an extension of the peer educators so that efforts to improve
adolescent reproductive health can be optimal
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adolescents, peer educators, pre-marital sexual behavior