Effect of Animated Health Education on Adolescents' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Sexual Violence: A Time Series Study

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescents are vulnerable to sexual violence. Violence
affecting adolescents includes sexual violence in personal relationships, such
as dating, and sexual violence against children, with perpetrators often being
close family members. Additionally, community violence can occur between
friends or in public locations. Health counseling on sexual violence can
prevent this violence by enhancing adolescents' knowledge and attitudes about
sexual violence. The study aims to determine the effect of health education on
adolescents' knowledge and attitudes about sexual violence. This research is
a quasi-experiment (pseudo-experiment) with a time series design. The
sample was 32 students at SMPN 1 Sakra, which was determined by cluster
random sampling, so class VIIIB was chosen as the research sample. Health
counseling on sexual violence was provided with animated video media. Data
processing with a paired t-test has tested the validity and reliability of
instruments to measure adolescents' knowledge and attitudes about sexual
violence. This study's results showed there is an effect of health education on
adolescents' knowledge and attitudes about sexual violence, with a p-value of
0.000 each, where there is an increase in adolescents' knowledge about sexual
violence after being given education, with the difference between pretest and
posttest being 2.72. After receiving education, adolescents' attitudes about
sexual violence increase, showing a difference between the pretest and
posttest of 3.75. The conclusion is that there is an effect of health education
on adolescents' knowledge and attitudes about sexual violence through
animated video media.