Pemanfaatan Short Message Service Berbasis Seluler dalam Meningkatkan Pengetahuan dan Sikap terhadap Seks Pranikah pada Remaja
Abstrak: Many adolescents are
involved in early sexual activities and perhaps with multiple partners.
Pre-marital behavior can lead to unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted
infection, abortion, fertility and mortality. Knowledge and less supporting attitude
on pre-marital sexual activities as well as less access to information are
believed to be the factors on high pre-marital sexual problems among
adolescents.
Objective: Known effectiveness of Cellular-Based Short Message Service
(SMS) in increasing knowledge and attitude on pre-marital sex among adolescents
in Yogyakarta Municipality.
Method: This study used Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) with pre-post
study design. Samples were 227 students in the 10th grade from SMAN 7 and SMAN
10 of Yogyakarta. Data analysis used Paired t-test, Independent samples T-test,
Anova and Linear regression with ρ=<0.05 and 95% CI.
Result: The analysis result showed that pre-marital SMS at 7 pm-9 pm
resulted in knowledge mean difference of 1.33 (ρ=0.00<0.05) with 95% CI
(0.46-2.19) and attitude mean difference of 3.47 (ρ=0.00<0.05) with 95% CI
(1.39-5.43) while pre-marital SMS at 9 am-11 am resulted in knowledge mean
difference of 1.47 (ρ=0.00<0.05) with 95% CI (0.79-2.15) and attitude mean
difference of 4.22 (ρ=0.00<0.05) with 95% CI (2.91-5.54). Control group 1
presented knowledge mean difference of -0.16 (ρ=0.66>0.05) with 95% CI
(-0.89-0.58) attitude mean difference of -0.41 (ρ=0.75>0.05) with 95% CI
(-1.61-0.80) while control group 2 presented knowledge mean difference of 0.09
(ρ=0.9>0.05) with 95% CI (-0,25-0.45) and attitude mean difference of -0.46
(ρ=0.85>0.05) with 95% CI (-1.27-0.34).
Conclusion: SMS is effective in increasing adolescents’ knowledge and
attitude on pre-marital sex in Yogyakarta Municipality. There is no
effectiveness difference of giving an SMS at the different times to increase
adolescents’ knowledge and attitude on pre-marital sex.
Penulis: Yuni Kusmiyati Hari
Kusnanto Mohammad Hakimi
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd110162
