THE EFFECT OF FLASHCARD EDUCATION ON PREMARITAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENT
Latifah Susilowati1, Dwi Yati1, Lily Yulaikhah2

1Nursing Study Program, Faculty of Health, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2Midwife Study Program, Faculty of Health, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: Teenagers who experience puberty in their bodies appear sex hormones that begin to work, resulting in a sense of attraction to the opposite sex. Premarital sex is a behavior that is carried out based on sexual desire in adolescents. Adolescent knowledge and sources of information received by adolescents are important points in efforts to prevent premarital sexual behavior. The preventive efforts can be done by providing education about the right information to adolescents through various methods and media. One of them is education using flashcard media.
Purpose: To determine the effect of education on premarital sexual behavior using flashcard media.
Methods: This study design was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post test design with control group. The number of samples in this study were 60 which were divided into two groups, the control group and the intervention group with the inclusion criteria being adolescents aged 15-17 years and were or had been dating. The intervention group received treatment in the form of pre-marital sexual behavior education with flashcard media. While the control group received pre-marital sexual behavior education treatment using the lecture method. Before and after the intervention in each group, researchers conducted a pretest and posttest using a pre-marital sexual behavior questionnaire and data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test.
Result : There was a difference in the average score of premarital sexual behavior in the intervention group after receiving flashcard education intervention with p value = 0.010 (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Education using flashcard affects premarital sexual behavior in adolescents. Preventive and promotive efforts of premarital sexual behavior in adolescents using flashcard media are an alternative for nurses in providing counseling.

Keywords: Flashcard- premarital sexual- adolescent

Topic: Maternal and Child Health