Protocol Study: Intervention Model of School Health Nursing for A Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy

Abstract

Adolescent pregnancy is a global concern. Pregnancies and births in adolescents bring them to get pregnancy complications. The interventions for pregnancy prevention in schools is one of the options that can be done. The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of school health nursing through the personal and social skills training for the primary prevention of adolescent pregnancy. This study is a quasi-experimental research design with nonequivalent (pretest and posttest) control group design. The outcome of the study was individual behavior change that includes confidence, a healthy dating, attitude in decision making, attitude on say no to premarital sex, and overcome the pressure of the group. This study will take place in high school A and Bin Yogyakarta that was selected based on purposive sampling. The study will be held from January to September 2016. At the intervention group, before the intervention, school nurses must first undergo a personal and social skills training. In addition, the school nurses are also trained to be a facilitator for adolescents. The school nurses will then retrain personal and social skills for adolescents in schools through theintervention of school health nursing for six months, while the control group will be given routine reproductive health education. If the school health nursing is effective, it will prevent adolescent pregnancy. This model can then be used widely in schools as an intervention for the prevention of adolescent pregnancy and the improvement of the quality of teenagers' life. Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescent pregnancy prevention, Health education, School health nursing, School nurs