Reproductive Health Education Based On Cognitive Psychology Approach.

Abstract

Reproductive health can be done with various approaches, one of which is through reproductive health education based on the Cognitive Psychology Approach (CPA). Juveniles and reproductive health are closely related. The meaning of reproductive health itself is a healthy condition both physically, mentally and socially related to reproductive systems, functions and processes. Cognitive psychology is a science that focuses on how the information process goes or in other words, this psychology focuses more on the event that individuals get information and process it in the brain, then then it is realized in daily behavior. This study aims to find out how reproductive health education based on the Cognitive Psychology Approach (CPA) influences adolescent reproductive health knowledge. The type of research used is quasi-experimental using a pre and post-test approach where students are given interventions to see student knowledge about reproductive health based on the Cognitive Psychology Approach (CPA). The sample in this study was 81 people selected through accidental sampling. The results of this study show the influence of Reproductive Health Education based on the Cognitive Psychology Approach on undergraduate students at the State Islamic University of North Sumatra. The results of this study are also expected to make a positive contribution in the health sciences so that it has a broad impact on adolescent health conditions and knowledge related to reproductive health based on a Cognitive Psychology Approach (CPA).