Improvement Knowledge and Attitude about Adolescent's Reproductive Health through Education Intervention in Junior and Senior High

Objective: To determine the changes in point of view and positive attitudes towards adolescent reproductive health in junior and senior high school students in Southeast Sulawesi after counselling interventions. Methods: Experimental Research with The One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The population in the study were all adolescents aged between 12-19 years as students in Southeast Sulawesi. The sampling was performed by Simple stratified random sampling technique with a sample of 300 people for middle and high school students. The instrument used was a questionnaire with data analysis by using the t-test. Results: Showed that the level of knowledge and attitudes of students about adolescent reproductive health was differed between pretest & posttest in junior and senior high school students (p<0.05), because the students who were given counselling interventions with lecture methods, powerpoint, and discussion, will add to the broader understanding and insight and tend to generate positive responses from students so that they have good basic knowledge and attitudes about adolescent reproductive health. Conclusions: The study was the increase in knowledge and positive attitudes about adolescent reproductive health after counselling interventions.