PERBEDAAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI PADA REMAJA MAHASISWA FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN DAN FAKULTAS ILMU SOSIAL DAN ILMU POLITIK UNIVERSITAS DIPONEGORO

Background: The awareness of reproductive health are increasing, namely HIV/AIDS, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion. This indicates that knowledge of reproductive health is important. This research aimed to identify reproductive health knowledge in adolescent difference, including aspects of anatomy and physiology of the reproductive system, gender and sexuality, pregnancy and risk of teenage pregnancy, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases among students of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Diponegoro University. Methods: This research design was observational analytic with cross-sectional method, conducted from March until June 2011. The research subjects were students who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria, collected by purposive random sampling method. Data was obtained from the questionnaire and analyzed with univariate and bivariate analysis. Univariate analysis was used to determine frequency distributions analysis and bivariate analysis used chi square test (x2) to identify significance. Results: Faculty of Medicine students of whom reproductive health knowledge level was categorized as good (55,1%), average (39,8%), and less (5,1%). Faculty of Social and Political Sciences students of whom reproductive health knowledge level was categorized as good (5%), average (67,3%), and less (27,6%). There are significant differences in reproductive health knowledge levels between students of those two faculty (p=0.000). Conclusion: The reproductive health knowledge level of Faculty of Medicine students is higher than Faculty of Social and Political Sciences students and significantly different. Keywords: adolescent, reproductive health knowledg