Effectiveness of the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention and Solution Networking Model to Health Literacy Discrimination Decisions and Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Behaviors

Abstract

              This research was conducted as the quasi-experimental research, a two-group pretest-posttest design. The objectives were to study the effectiveness of the teenage pregnancy prevention and solution networking model program, health literacy, decision-making behavior, and teenage pregnancy prevention behavior. A total of 60 samples was divided into the experimental group and the control group, equally. The data collection was carried out through the program, and the questionnaire that included general information, health literacy to prevent teenage pregnancy, decision-making to prevent teenage pregnancy, and teenage pregnancy prevention behavior. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics in terms of dependent t-test and independent t-test.              

              The results show that               

              1. The experimental group had average scores on health literacy, decision-making, and teenage pregnancy prevention behavior higher than before the experiment, statistically significant (p<.001).              

               2. The experimental group had average scores on health literacy, decision-making, and teenage pregnancy prevention behavior higher than the control group, statistically significant (p<.001).

               The results of this study show that this teenage pregnancy prevention and solution networking model program can promote better health literacy to prevent teenage pregnancy, decision-making to prevent teenage pregnancy, and teenage pregnancy prevention behavior.