Practice and hygiene of adolescent reproduction health in agricultural area: a qualitative study†

Figures & Tables

Variable and category	N	%
Type of community leader
Village officer	28	68.2
CHV	9	9.4
Adolescent	4	4.4
Gender
Male	17	41.4
Female	24	58.6
Age (years)
<30	9	21.9
30–40	13	31.7
41–50	13	31.7
>50	6	14.7
Religions
Moslems	41	100
Madura	28	64.3
Jawa	13	35.7
Educational background
Elementary	4	9.7
Junior high school	3	7.3
Senior high school	17	27.5
Undergraduate	17	27.5
Occupation
Community workers	9	21.9
Community leaders	28	68.2
Student	4	9.9
Length of stay in the areas (years)
<1	1	2.4
1–5	5	12.1
6–10	4	9.7
11–15	6	14.6
16–20	4	9.7
>20	21	51.5

Theme and category	Keyword
Communication patterns
Assertive communication	Adolescents feel that communication with their parents is quite good.
Non-assertive communication	Parents perceive that good communication is sometimes difficult for their teenage boys. Parents who rarely communicate with their children can have a negative impact.
Daily behavior
Risky behavior	There is a technological sophistication that could give adolescents access to see pornography on social media.
Negative behavior	Adolescent delinquency or existing negative behavior usually occurs because there is insufficient parental monitoring.
Reproductive practices
Healthy	Parents teach their children to be clean, including taking a bath, washing their face, and washing and disposing of the sanitary pads during menstruation.
Unhealthy	Adolescents take medicines like Feminax during menstrual periods.
Hygiene of adolescent reproductive organs
Hygiene	Parents teach their children to maintain personal hygiene, especially the cleanliness of their reproductive organs.
Unhygienic	Parents find that their teenagers are sometimes negligent in carrying out personal hygiene, for example, negligence in disposing of the sanitary pads directly.