Adolescent HAve to Understand Reproductive Health

Adolescent HAve to Understand Reproductive Health

YOGYAKARTA, Reproductive health education for adolescents it is important that they get the correct information about the problem and accurate sexual and reproductive health.

"Therefore, reproductive health education should be more is given to teenagers," said Coordinator of Community Assistance Division Jari Mulia Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (UMY) Stirahma Dhesmarleni in Yogyakarta, Jumat (21 / 8).

Thus, according to him, young people no longer need to find out information about their own sexual issues and reproductive health that sometimes can not be correct.

"Thus the information that can not properly upon the things that teenagers do not want, such as unwanted pregnancy, and infection with sexually transmitted and HIV / AIDS," he said.

He said that, of late many communities, LEmbaga Swadaya Masyarakat (LSM) , and non-government organizations concerned with HIV / AIDS. However, few adolescents as preventive object.

"Therefore, it should be held more often activities that involve youth, especially in the counseling and reproductive health education and HIV / AIDS for young people," he said.

According to him, reproductive health education among teenagers is also in accordance with the recommendations "Bali Youth Forum", including optimizing the achievement of participation young people and teenagers in every decision-making related to adolescents.

"Related to this, young people and teenagers are expected to be directly involved so that things that needed to be expressed and fulfilled, one of them get the education that is sexual and reproductive health," he said.

He said, the delivery of education and accurate information is expected to lower the number the spread of HIV / AIDS through sexual relations among adolescents.

To that end, the Community's Mulia UMY efforts that focus on prevention and spread of HIV / AIDS, especially among young people, doing the method, means, and prevention through education of the good friend.

"Thus, the experience and the information can be obtained by the maximum and effective for adolescents, also of course will be conducted on an ongoing basis," he said.