LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN BANDUNG CITY
Abstract
Komitmen global untuk membangun masa depan menghadapi megatrend yang dihadapi semua negara adalah menciptakan kesuksesan generasi dengan menekankan penghapusan kemiskinan dan kelaparan, ketidaksetaraan dan ketidakadilan antargenerasi. Kesehatan remaja dipengaruhi oleh nilai, agama, budaya, keluarga dan pelayanan kesehatan untuk mencapai akses layanan kesehatan reproduksi sebagai kunci tujuan pembangunan berkelanjutan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan gambaran mengenai deskripsi tingkat kesadaran reproduksi remaja di Kota Bandung, meliputi aspek akses, pemahaman, appraising dan penggunaan layanan kesehatan reproduksi remaja. Penelitian dilakukan dengan cross-sectional design. Instrumen penelitian ini berupa pertanyaan sebanyak 44 pertanyaan, terdiri dari 4 sub komponen meliputi accessing, understanding, appraising dan applying mengenai kesadaran remaja mengenai kesehatan reproduksi yang dikembangkan dari Stormacq. Penelitian dilakukan secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa akses remaja untuk kesehatan reproduksi remaja berada pada tingkat sedang sebesar 69%, ditemukan akses rendah mengenai kesehatan reproduksi sebesar 11%, sedangkan pemahaman kesehatan reproduksi remaja ditemukan pada tingkat rendah sebanyak 12%. Terkait kemampuan remaja dalam analisis kesehatan reproduksi masih dalam kategori tingkat rendah, sedangkan dalam hal Appraising/assessing reproductive health in the moderate category is 68%. Saran yang disampaikan adalah untuk meningkatkan kesadaran remaja, diperlukan edukasi yang luas, melalui media sosial dilanjutkan dengan konsultasi pribadi yang intensif.
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32. Kumi R, Sabherwal R. Knowledge sharing behavior in online discussion communities: Examining behavior motivation from social and individual perspectives. Knowl Process Manag. 2019;26(2):110-122. doi:10.1002/kpm.1574
33. Heba AR. The effectiveness of online teaching and learning tools: Students’ perceptions of usefulness in an upper-level accounting course. Learn Teach. 2021;14(3):52-69. doi:10.3167/LATISS.2021.140304
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36. Irvine JM. Talk about Sex: The Battles Over Sex Education in the United States. Univ of California Press.; 2004.
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Yulinda, Y., Wahyudin, U., Pramudia, J. R., & Yorita, E. (2025). LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN BANDUNG CITY. JURNAL RISET KESEHATAN POLTEKKES DEPKES BANDUNG, 17(1), 269–281. https://doi.org/10.34011/juriskesbdg.v17i1.2806
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