Effects of the Youth Health Application and Flipcharts on Adolescents’ Knowledge about Early Marriage: A Quasi-Experiment Study

Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery

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Dewi Nopiska¹  Ruwayda Ruwayda¹  M.Dody Izhar¹ 

[1] Department of Midwiewry, Health Polytechnic of Jambi

关键词: Knowledge;    Marriage;    Adolescent;    Health Application;    Flipchart;   

DOI  :  10.29252/jgbfnm.19.1.60

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Akademika As, Akademika Forlag

【 摘 要 】

Background: Early marriage affects both the children who are married and their future offspring, and might lead tointergenerational poverty. This study aimed to determine effects of using the Youth Health application and flipcharts onadolescents’ knowledge about early marriage.Methods: This quasi-experiment study with a pretest-posttest design was done on 60 adolescents from the Penyengat Olak HealthCenter, Muaro Jambi Regency (Indonesia) from March to May 2021. The subjects were recruited through convenience samplingmethod and then allocated into intervention (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. The subjects in the intervention group receivedan educational program about early marriage using the Youth Health application, while the control group received flipchartsdeveloped by the Ministry of Health with the same educational content. Knowledge of adolescents was assessed using a 20-itemquestionnaire before and three days after the intervention. A total score of less than 10 and more than 10 indicated poor and goodknowledge, respectively. Data were analyzed with SPSS (version 16) using the Wilcoxon test and Mann-Whitney t-test. P-valuesless than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.Results: At baseline, 18 subjects (60%) in the intervention group and 17 subjects (56%) in the control group had good knowledgeof early marriage. After the intervention, 24 subjects (80%) in the intervention group and 20 subjects (66%) in the control grouphad good knowledge of early marriage. The mean score of adolescents’ knowledge about early marriage increased from 15.7±2.5to 17.3±2.1 in the intervention group (P=0.001). The mean score of adolescents’ knowledge about early marriage also increasedfrom 15.7±2.4 to 16.7±2.4 in the control group (P=0.001). Moreover, there was no significant difference in the adolescents’knowledge about early marriage between the two groups (P=0.78).Conclusion: Providing education in from of Youth Health application and flipcharts can equally increase adolescents’ knowledgeabout early marriage.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND