Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019)

Reproductive Health Information Access of Health Faculty Students

Authors
Izzatul Arifah, Meutia Fildzah Sharfina, Meira Sri Widowati
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Izzatul Arifah
Available Online 20 March 2020.
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.002How to use a DOI?
Keywords
reproductive health information, information access, source of information, topic of information
Abstract

The increase of knowledge through accessing Reproductive Health (RH) information lessens adolescents’ behaviors that adversely affect their reproductive health. Health faculty students have an opportunity to access information through various sources. Knowledge of sources and types of information is important to develop strategies to provide RH information for students. This study was aimed to describe access to RH information, sources of the information and types of topics questioned by health faculty students at Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta (UMS). This was quantitative descriptive research. The sample was 280 students of the health faculty (Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine and dentistry) at UMS. The research instrument was a self-administered questionnaire that was valid and reliable. The data were presented in the form of diagrams, tables and narratives. The majority of respondents had accessed RH information 1-4 times a month. The respondents accessed RH information mostly through the internet sources (80.4%) and mass media (54.3%) compared to accessing information through influential individuals such as lecturers, health workers and parents. The topics of information accessed on all sources of information were the reproductive system, sexually transmitted infections and family planning. Meanwhile, a topic of sexuality was less frequently accessed and tended to be accessed through certain sources such as the internet, media and lecturers. The topics of RH that had been accessed through each source of information were not comprehensive. The government was expected to provide a complete and up-to-date reproductive health information websites as one of the strategies to provide RH information for students.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Public Health Conference (UPHEC 2019)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
20 March 2020
ISBN
978-94-6252-932-8
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.200311.002How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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