KNOWLEDGE OF TODDLER’S MOTHER ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN MIJEN DISTRICT OF SEMARANG CITY

Handayani, Sri and Rimawati, Eti (2015) KNOWLEDGE OF TODDLER’S MOTHER ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN MIJEN DISTRICT OF SEMARANG CITY. PROCEEDINGS International Seminar and Workshop on Public Health Action "Building Healthy Community".

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Abstract

Reproductive health problem is not problem faced by adolescent only, but also faced by children. It can be seen by increasing number of sexual abuse among children in 2014 the cases were 40.47% by total. Children cannot be overcome the problem by themselves but needs the role of parents. The aimed of the study was to assessing the knowledge of toddler’s mother on reproductive health. The study was observational study with cross sectional approach. Respondents of the study were total toddler’s mother in Mijen district. Data has been collected by interview with questionnaire instrument and analyzed by descriptive statistic test. Result showed that age of the respondents majority were 35 years old. The education of respondent was 40% had finished primary school. They accessed information of reproductive health by television. Most of respondent has two children, and only 20% of respondents do teach their children about reproductive health. Half of the respondents have good knowledge of reproductive health. All of them agreed that children should properly dresses in any situation to minimize sexual abuse intention from others. The study concluded that still needed massive promotion of parents to teach their children about reproductive health. It can be benefit to the children to avoid child abuse. Children would able to keep their self save. Keywords: reproductive health, knowledge, child abuse

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