Epidemiol Health. Prevalence of factors related to active reproductive health behavior: a cross-sectional study Indonesian adolescent. This study examined the prevalence of active RH and factors related to active RH behavior among Indonesian adolescents.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1, of students who were selected through a multi-stage random sampling technique. A self-administered questionnaire was developed, including the World Health Organization Illustrative Questionnaire for Interview-Surveys with Young People, pubertal development scale, and sexual activity scale, modified in accordance to the Indonesian context.
The data were analyzed using descriptive and comparative statistics, as well as logistic regression analyses. Negative attitudes towards RH were a factor related to active RH behavior in both boys and girls. Smoking and kind relationship envisioned before marriage pacaran [courtship] and nikah siri [non-registered marriage] were factors related to active RH behavior in boys; whereas the absence of access to information on substance abuse was an additional factor in girls.
Moreover, an interaction was found between access to information on development and smoking boys and attitudes on RH girls as independent variables associated with active RH behavior. Such programs should focus on the kind of relationship envisioned before marriage and smoking for boys and access to information on subtance abuse for girls.
