Reproductive Health Knowledge among Adolescents in Indonesia
The Role of Family Structure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21638592 |
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| Authors | Sri Lilestina Nasution (0000-0002-4265-4366, Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia, corresponding author), Sari Kistiana (0000-0003-1688-2100, Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia), Maria Gayatri (0000-0002-2792-5586, Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia), Margareth Maya P Naibaho (Badan Kependudukan dan Keluarga Berencana Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Family Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1066-4807 • E-ISSN: 1552-3950 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10664807221090950 |
| OpenAlex | W4224037656 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Background: Adolescents often lack basic reproductive health information. Improper information on reproductive health may lead to various types of health and social problems. The study was conducted to assess reproductive health knowledge among adolescents belonging to complete and incomplete family, and to calculate the knowledge index of Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH). Methods: A population-based study of 41,582 never married adolescents aged 10–24 years in Indonesia based on the 2019 Indonesia Population, Family Planning and Family Development Program Performance and Accountability Survey. Multinomial logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with ARH knowledge. Results: The majority of adolescents had low to moderate level of knowledge of reproductive health. The overall mean score of reproductive health knowledge among adolescent belonging to complete family and incomplete family were 47.6 and 52.4 respectively. This study found that youngest age (OR: 25.73, 95%CI: 21.28–31.10) low level of education (OR: 9.88, 95%CI: 7.81–12.49) are related to low level of ARH knowledge among adolescent from complete family. Moreover, no ARH information, no exposure to family planning information, no experience and awareness of eight family functions and middle level of parents’ education were associated with low level of ARH knowledge among adolescents from complete family. Conclusion: Based on these results, we recommended that it is important to heighten concerns targeting adolescents from both family structures. The dissemination of reproductive health information through media, parents, peer groups is needed to help adolescents gain insights on decision making toward positive reproductive health and protect them from reproductive health risks
Environmental health · Family health · Family planning · Health education · Logistic regression · Population · Public health · Reproductive health · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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