THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION THROUGH SMARTPHONE AND BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF ADOLESENCE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

2017-11-05

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Adolescent related to reproductive health problems. The problem occurs because of adolescent had a lack of knowledge and attitudes about reproductive health. Smartphones was effective tools of education and it can improve knowledge and attitudes of teenagers, so the problem on adolescent reproductive health can be solved. This research analyze the differences and effect of health education through a smartphone and a booklet on the knowledge and attitudes of adolescents about reproductive health, also to analyze the factors that change knowledge and attitudes of adolescent after receiving health education from smartphone. This research was a mix method research that combines quantitative and qualitative research with concurent embedded design. Quantitative research used quasi-experiment design, conducted on 84 adolescent, divided in to two groups. Qualitative research conducted in 8 adolescents who received health education through the smartphone as an informant. Differences in knowledge and attitudes before and after health education through smartphones and booklets were analyzed with the Wilcoxon test. There was the differences between health education through smartphone and booklet on changed knowledge and attitudes of adolescents about reproductive health. The infleunces of health education through smartphone on knowledge and attitudes of adolescents about reproductive health is better than booklet (p <0.05). The factors that cause the adolescent knowledge and attitude changed after getting health education through smartphones are good content, simple language, the content is interesting, easy to understand, being a trend, easy to read, effective, easy to carry, easy to store, more privacy, easily stored, simple, easily accessible and the content was complete. Smartphone as effective tools of health education, it can improve knowledge and attitudes of adolescents about reproductive health. Keywords: Health Education, Smartphones, Booklets, Adolescent Reproductive Health