The Effect of Educational Media Booklet on Adolescents Knowledge About Early Marriage at SMA Negeri 1 Semanu

Abstract

Background: Early marriage is a marriage entered into by men and women before the age of 19, at a time when they are not yet fully mature physically and mentally, so it is feared that they do not have the readiness to live a household life. This condition can lead to various risks and negative impacts. One of the efforts that can be made to prevent early marriage by increasing adolescents knowledge about early marriage is through health education using booklet media.

Purpose: Knowing the effect of booklet educational media on adolescents’ knowledge about early marriage at SMA Negeri 1 Semanu.

Methods: This study applied a quantitative approach of pre-experimental one group pretest-posttest design. The population of this study was class XI adolescents totaling 158 respondents. The sampling technique with total sampling was 153 respondents. Data collection was carried out in April-May at SMA Negeri 1 Semanu. The instrument used a knowledge questionnaire about early marriage and early marriage booklet educational media. Bivariate analysis using the Marginal Homogeneity test.

Results: Knowledge of adolescents before being given education shows moderate knowledge (59.5%), after being given education most of them are well informed (89.5%). Marginal Homogeneity test results obtained p-value = 0.000.

Conclusion: There is an effect of booklet educational media on adolescents’ knowledge about early marriage at SMA Negeri 1 Semanu.