The Optimalization of Adolescent Health in The
Era of SDGs

Adolescent related to reproductive health problems. The problem occurs because of
adolescent had a lack of knowledge and attitudes about reproductive health. Smartphones
was effective tools of education and it can improve knowledge and attitudes of teenagers,
so the problem on adolescent reproductive health can be solved. This research analyze
the differences and effect of health education through a smartphone and a booklet on the
knowledge and attitudes of adolescents about reproductive health, also to analyze the
factors that change knowledge and attitudes of adolescent after receiving health education
from smartphone. This research was a mix method research that combines quantitative
and qualitative research with concurent embedded design. Quantitative research used
quasi-experiment design, conducted on 84 adolescent, divided in to two groups.
Qualitative research conducted in 8 adolescents who received health education through
the smartphone as an informant. Differences in knowledge and attitudes before and after
health education through smartphones and booklets were analyzed with the Wilcoxon test.
There was the differences between health education through smartphone and booklet on
changed knowledge and attitudes of adolescents about reproductive health. The
infleunces of health education through smartphone on knowledge and attitudes of
adolescents about reproductive health is better than booklet (p <0.05). The factors that
cause the adolescent knowledge and attitude changed after getting health education
through smartphones are good content, simple language, the content is interesting, easy
to understand, being a trend, easy to read, effective, easy to carry, easy to store, more
privacy, easily stored, simple, easily accessible and the content was complete.
Smartphone as effective tools of health education, it can improve knowledge and attitudes
of adolescents about reproductive health.