The Effect of Reproductive Health Education with Animated Video Media on the Knowledge and Motivation of Young Women In Preventing Early Marriage
Sukartini Hardyn Agustina (a*), Lutfatul Latifah (b), Nina Setiawati (b)

Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Abstract

Background : The high rate of early marriage among adolescent girls can have an impact on reproductive health. Factors that influence the incidence of early marriage among young women include low knowledge and high motivation. One way to increase knowledge is to provide health education which is expected to also affect ones motivation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of reproductive health education with animated video media on the knowledge and motivation of young women in preventing early marriage.
Method : The design of this study was a true experiment using a pretest-posttest with control group design.Respondents who involved in this study were 42 respondents for each group. The intervention group was given health education with animated video media. The research instrument was a knowledge and motivation questionnaire. Statistical tests using Wilcoxon, MC Nemar, Mann Whitney -U, Fisher.
Results : The statistical test results showed that there were significant differences in posttest knowledge between the intervention group and the control group (p = 0.004). Motivational variables also showed that there were significant differences in posttest motivation between the intervention and control groups (p = 0.000).
Conclusion : Reproductive health education with animated video media
significantly influences the knowledge and motivation of young women in
preventing early marriage.

Keywords: Video animation, Early marriage, Knowledge, Motivation, Reproductive health education

Topic: Maternity and Pediatric Nursing