scholarly journals The Media and Women Reproductive Health Sensitization in Kenya

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-396
Author(s):  
Biljana Stankovic

Premature sexual activity of the young, before reaching physical and psycho-social maturity, brings along the risk of jeopardizing their reproductive health, mostly because it can lead to sexually transmitted infections or pregnancy, which is mostly unwanted in adolescence. The starting assumption of the promotion of reproductive health of the young is understanding and acceptance of their sexuality and relevant needs in social environment in which they live. Primarily in the family, the media, healthcare institutions and school. During the period of childhood and youth, school possesses the unique possibility to enable a large number of young people to acquire knowledge and skills related to sexuality and reproductive health and shape their values, attitudes and beliefs. The complexity of the process of making the decision about becoming sexually active, as well as the space for action towards its postponement to older age, are also indicated by the results of the research conducted in Belgrade, on the sample of one hundred and eleven female adolescents aged fourteen to twenty, who became sexually active at the age sixteen and earlier. These are primarily those results which refer to the meaning of love and sex in their value system, motives, feelings and attitudes related to becoming sexually active.


Author(s):  
Juliana Widyastuti Wahyuningsih Juliana Widyastuti Wahyuningsih

Pernikahan dini adalah pernikahan yang dilakukan seorang wanita pada usia 13 – 16 tahun atau pria berusia 17 – 18 tahun (BKKBN,2016). Menurut Laporan Badan Pusat Statistik, 2015 menunjukkan bahwa prevalensi perkawinan usia anak di Indonesia tidak hanya tetap tinggi (dengan lebih dari seperenam anak perempuan menikah sebelum mencapai usia dewasa (usia 18 tahun) atau sekitar 340.000 anak perempuan setiap tahunnya) tetapi prevalensi tersebut juga telah kembali meningkat. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah Mengetahui gambaran faktor – Faktor yang mempengaruhi Pernikahan dini Remaja Putri di Desa Semeteh Kecamatan Muara Lakitan Kabupaten Musi Rawas. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara kualitatif di Wilayah Desa Semeteh Muara Lakitan Kabupaten Musi Rawas.dengan jumlah responden 5 orang dari jumlah sampel 11 orang. Hasil penelitian menggambarkan bahwa pernikahan dini dilakukan oleh mereka yang berpendidikan SD atau SLTP, dan berpengetahuan cukup. Pernikahan dini dianggap sesuatu hal yang lazim dan menurunkan tanggung jawab ekonomi orang tua. Selain itu media punya andil terjadinya pernikahan dini. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat bermanfaat bagi pasangan remaja calon pengantin, mahasiswa dan institusi profesi kebidanan khususnya dalam memberikan pendidikan kesehatan reproduksi remaja terkait dengan masalah pernikahan dini.     ABSTRACK   Early marriage is a marriage made by a woman at the age of 13-16 years or a man aged 17-18 years (BKKBN, 2016). According to the Central Bureau of Statistics Report, 2015 shows that the prevalence of marriage in Indonesian age is not only high (with more than one-sixth married girls before reaching adulthood (age 18) or about 340,000 girls annually) but the prevalence has also returned increased. The purpose of this study is to know the description of factors - Factors affecting early marriage of Young Women in the Semeteh Village Muara Lakitan Musi Rawas District. This study was conducted qualitatively in Semeteh Village, Muara Lakitan, Musi Rawas District with 5 people as the respondents of the 11 samples. The results of the study indicated that the early marriage was conducted by people who had educated in elementary or junior high schools, and had  sufficient knowledge. Early marriage was considered as a usual something and could  decrease economic responsibility of their parents. In addition, the media had contributed to the incidence of early marriages. This study is expected to be useful for couples of young people who will get to be married, students and midwifery profession institutions  particularly in providing reproductive health education for the adolescences in accordance with the early marriage.  


2001 ◽  
Author(s):  

After government control over the media was liberalized in 1998, Indonesian journalists had a new mandate to explore new issues and foster public debate. Several studies had found evidence that women’s health worsened from 1997–99, yet media coverage of this topic was limited. To increase press coverage of reproductive health (RH) topics, the Population Council conducted an 18-month media project in collaboration with the State Ministry for Women’s Empowerment and other key agencies. The project focused on improving RH knowledge and reporting skills among 22 print journalists. Project staff monitored RH coverage in 22 major newspapers, magazines, and tabloids. After Indonesian journalists received background information and training on RH issues, the quality of their coverage improved. However, as noted in this brief, continued efforts are needed to provide media representatives with ideas for news stories and feature articles and training in use of research findings.


2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Author(s):  
Srijana Pandey ◽  
Supendra Karki

Objectives: To analyze the association between exposure to mass media and use of contraceptive.Methods: In this cross sectional descriptive study, 387 married males of Hatiya VDC were randomly selected. This study uses semi-structured questionnaire to acquire information regarding background character of respondents and the exposure of family planning message to mass media.Results: Both print and electronic media were found major reproductive health information dissemination tools. Exposure was positively related to age, education level, income, partner approval and discussed family planning with partner. There was no significant difference in exposure based on number of living children.Conclusion: Findings from this study are consistent with the interpretation that mass media promotion of the family planning message motivated sexual partners to discuss use of the contraceptives, and that discussion exerted a strong influence on their intention to use it. The programmatic implications of these findings are that multiple media channels should continue to be used to promote family planning and other reproductive health issues. Priority should be given to media channels that reach large numbers of the intended audience, but supporting channels (such as print and interpersonal communication) should also be included in the media mix.Key words: Mass media; ContraceptivesDOI: 10.3126/ajms.v1i1.2928Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.1(1) 2010 p.9-11 


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Maesaroh Maesaroh ◽  
Eka Kartikawati ◽  
Devi Anugrah

<p><em>Indonesia's demographic data shows that the percentage of young people over 20% or about 60 million Indonesians is at a young age. This potential greatly determines the progress and character of the nation in the future. The swift influence of globalization through the media has a positive and negative impact on the growth and behavior development of the younger generation. One of the negative impacts facilitated by the spread through the media was deviant behavior that occurred in various parts of the world which was later imitated by young people in Indonesia. Drug abuse, sexual behavior outside of marriage and sexual orientation deviation or known as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender). This study aims to detect the opinions and understanding of adolescents about the importance of healthy reproduction as an effort to prevent early sexual behavior deviations. The study population was middle school students in Bekasi Regency, as many as six sample schools were selected using the random sampling technique. The research method used is descriptive quantitative. The results showed that 70% of female adolescents in Bekasi maintain their reproductive health behaviors while 57% of men pay attention to their reproductive health behavior. The results of adolescent sexual deviation behavior from this study were as many as 10.9% of teenagers had masturbation, and there were 5.1% of teens wanting same-sex lovers.</em><em></em></p>


Toxic Shock ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 77-110
Author(s):  
Sharra L. Vostral

Following the medical identification of tampon-related toxic shock syndrome (TSS), there was an urgent need to alert the hundreds of thousands of women using tampons and superabsorbent tampons that the products were potentially dangerous and deadly. Disseminating a message of risk challenged status quo journalistic practices, and chapter 3 examines the media coverage of a health crisis centered upon women’s reproductive health and menstrual management practices. The press had to figure out a way to talk about TSS in overly simplistic terms, in an era when the Federal Communication Commission only recently allowed feminine hygiene sprays, and then sanitary napkins and pads, to be advertised on television. Journalistic reports helped to disseminate messages and warnings about TSS and tampons, and also announce the recall of Rely—the tampon with the highest incidence of TSS—produced by Procter & Gamble. This contributed to a sense that the problem had been solved, but other superabsorbent tampons remained on the market and TSS was not eliminated.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
Yermia P. T. Moeda ◽  
Christina Rony Nayoan ◽  
Helga J. N. Ndun

  Teenager with disability is unable to access health promotion service. This is due to the absence of method and special media of health promotion for disability teenager according to what they need. The purpose of this research was to know the appropriate method and media for disability teenager according their impairment. This research using qualitative approach with purposive sampling method. The informant in this research is taken from 8 disability teenager which are daksha, deaf/speech impairment and intelectual disability. The result shows that health topics that informant need to know is reproductive health, hygiene and health life style. The communicators of health topics selected by informants are healthy staff and teacher. Methods and media selected by informants are based on their impairment: teenager with daksha disability choose the method of disscussion and playing games with the media learning in the form of moving image; teenager with intelectual disability choose a method of sharing and disscussion with media learning in the form of illustrated books and moving image (film/video); deaf/speech impaired teenager didn’t choose any spesific methods., but they asked to use the sign language in delivery the information. The selection method health promotion have to involve teenager with disability. In planning health promotion methods and media for teenager with disability have to involve teacher and/or their parent, who know and understand the needs of each disable teenager.  


Author(s):  
Elsya Zaina Elidzar ◽  
Himmatul Ulya ◽  
Mega Rizki Utami ◽  
Munaya Fauziah

The problems of health reproduction adolescents in Indonesia caused not optimal commitment and support of the government in the form of a policy that is set on the education of sexual and reproduction for adolescents in order of family, community, and school. To continue the struggle of the nation, it is hoped that youth have ethics and morals that are responsible for the good.This study aims to determine Adolescent Perceptions of Reproductive Health in students at the La Tansa Islamic Boarding School. The research method used is qualitative research with in-depth interviews. Informants will be conducted in-depth interviews are three informants students teenage daughter at Pondok Pesantren La Tansa. The results of the study showed that the discussion about health reproduction is not a thing taboo to talk about. In the handling of all the problems of health reproduction usually with medication to the doctor or even just be left alone (in the case of vaginal discharge ), but seldom of them that experience interference health reproduction. A sense of shame and is still considered taboo became one of the factors that did not perform the treatment when it occurs the problem. Many once the benefits that will be obtained when held counseling about health reproduction, but the media are used also should be expected to make the students understand to be things about the health of reproduction it alone. To conduct counseling health cottage boarding they rarely conduct outreach on the topic of this, in addition to the situation of a pandemic covid-19 now makes counseling difficult to do because be no crowd. Based on the results of the analysis and discussion of the research is that the perception of adolescents about health reproduction in Pondok Pesantren La Tansa year 2021 is still low because of lack of knowledge of teen-related health reproduction in pond ok boarding it.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiwik Afridah ◽  
Ratna Fajariana

ABSTRACTBackground: Adolescence is a transitional period between the time of children with adulthood. There are stillmany found little regard for teens on health on reproductive, will consequently risk against the occurrence ofan increase in diseases, among others; Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI). Methods: This type of researchis the pre-design experiments using One-Shot Case Study, measured through a questionnaire. Class X studentpopulation of 33 students, XI IPS 2 of 26 students, and XII IPS 1 of 29 students. With a variable level ofknowledge about reproductive health education, sexually transmitted diseases, prevention and theintroduction of infectious disease symptoms, processed and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Theresults of the research on reproductive health education on class X most (63, 64%) have moderate levels ofknowledge about sexually transmitted diseases in class XI IPS 2 most (73%), 8 have a level of knowledge,level of knowledge about the prevention of infectious diseases and the introduction at the XII 1st most IPS(58, 62%) have moderate levels of knowledge. Conclusion: the level of knowledge of students of SMKKanjeng Sepuh Gresik about adolescent reproductive health is on a category of being. Therefore the expectedreproductive and Sexual health education as a subject/local content through the media of the school as aproper step as a medium of education can provide information on sexual and reproductive health is right forteens.


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