Knowledge and Behaviour about Adolescent Reproductive Health in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Lack of knowledge about reproductive health in adolescent, making teens easily influenced by misinformation and harmful to their reproductive health. Health education plays an important role in increasing their knowledge and behaviour of young people in order to maintain good reproductive health. The purpose of the research was to see the impact of health education on the knowledge and behaviour of adolescents in reproductive health. Paired t test analysis results indicate that counselling on reproductive health effect on both knowledge about reproductive health (mean difference: 10.216, 95% CI: 6.622 to 13.809) and attitude about reproductive health in adolescents (mean difference: 65.417, 95% CI: 11,176 to 61.690). Knowledge of adolescents about reproductive health would be beneficial in preparing the young people in good reproductive health issues so expect teenagers do not conflict with the norms prevailing in the community