Influence of Sexual Transmitted Infection Knowledge on Risky Dating Behavior Among Highschoolers in Surabaya

Abstract

Background: Adolescence is a period of transition of human bodily, cognitive, and emotional improvement and is a time of formation of sexual mind and experiments. One manner to channel those instincts is by using courting. Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) affects adolescent dating behavior. This study targets to research the correlation between adolescent awareness of STIs with adolescent dating behavior. Methods: This research was observational analytics with a cross-sectional study design. The number of samples was 124 young adults in line with the inclusion criteria which were young men and women in high school for the academic year of 2021/2021, willing to be respondents, and agreed on the informed consent. The sampling method was carried out by purposive sampling. The independent variable in this research was knowledge of sexually transmitted infections, whilst the dependent variable was dating behavior. The collected information has been tested through Fisher Exact Test statistical test at a significant degree of α = 0.05 to decide the level of significance. Results: The outcomes confirmed that almost all respondents, particularly 98 (79%) had proper information of STIs, as many as 26 (21%) had enough information of STIs, and none of the adolescents had terrible knowledge of STIs. As many as 115 (92.7%) have no risky dating behavior and 9 (7.3%) of adolescence have dating behavior at risk of getting STIs. After doing the Fisher Exact test, the value of p = 1.00 (p> 0.05) was obtained, thus there is no correlation between knowledge of STIs and adolescent dating behavior statistically. Conclusion: there is no relationship between knowledge of STIs and risky dating behavior amongst adolescence in Surabaya High Schools

Pengenalan Kesehatan Reproduksi Dan Pencegahan Infeksi Menular Seksual Di SMPN 2 Dan SMPN 6 Mataram

“…(Kora et al, 2016) Keterbatasan akses dan informasi mengenai seksualitas dan kesehatan reproduksi bagi remaja di Indonesia 'bisa dipahami' karena masyarakat umumnya masih menganggap seksualitas sebagai sesuatu yang tabu dan tidak untuk dibicarakan secara terbuka. (Achsan et al, 2021) Orang tua biasanya enggan untuk memberikan penjelasan masalah-masalah seksualitas dan reproduksi kepada remajanya, dan anak pun cenderung malu bertanya secara terbuka kepada orang tuanya. Hal ini juga dapat disebabkan kurangnya komunikasi maupun keterbukaan antar orang tua dan anak.…”

“…Memberikan pendidikan life skill, menunda pernikahan dan kehamilan semasa remaja dan cegah HIV dan AIDS serta memberikan informasi yang benar merupakan upaya untuk meningkatkan perilaku hidup sehat, mengingat remaja adalah kelompok usia yang tergolong sangat rawan terhadap berbagai hal yang berhubungan dengan kecakapan hidup sehat. (Achsan et al, 2021;Kora et al, 2016) Topik yang dinilai kontroversial dan tabu tidak serta merta menjadi batasan untuk menyampaikan informasi tersebut. Aktivitas seksual merupakan kondisi yang saat ini sudah familiar bagi para remaja, informasi melalui media sosial dan media daring lainnya membuat remaja mendapatkan akses yang bebas dalam mendapatkan informasi mengenai seksualitas dan kesehatan reproduksi.…”