Effect Of Health Education On Knowledge And Attitude Of Students About Abortion

Abstract

According to the National Commission for Child Protection in Indonesian at 2008 to 2010 abortions reached 2.5 million cases and 62.2% among teenagers. That caused by  lacking  of knowledge about abortion at teenagers. The impac of  lacking of knowledge is bad attitude towards abortion. Method: Research design was quasy experiment. Research sample was 22 students of 1 and 2 grade SMA PGRI Srengat  at April 22nd until May 5th, 2012, its choosed with total sampling. Data collected by observation using checklist. Analysis using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, with significant level ≤0.05. Result: The results showed that health education influence knowledge and attitude, with p value 0.001. Discussion: Health education using video and leaflet, effective to improve knowledge and attitude student about abortion.