Title: A fanpage of sexual and reproductive health education with good information quality: youth perception

Authors: Muhamad Taufik Hidayat; Endang Fauziati; Abdillah Nugroho; Rafidah Hanim Binti Mokhtar

Addresses: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia ' Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia ' Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia ' Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, World Fatwa Management and Research Institute, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Abstract: Griya Muda fanpage is a fanpage which provides sexual and reproductive health education (SRHE) for Semarang City (Indonesia) youth. The aims of this study were to identify the perceptions of Griya Muda Fanpage's followers on the quality of its SRHE information as well as to investigate how the follower's attitude and behaviour have been changed. The method for data collection of this qualitative descriptive study was an in-depth interview. Based on some qualitative framework content analysis of the previous studies, the authors developed a semi-structured interview. Seventeen followers (youth) from various districts in Central Java Province were interviewed. The results indicated that the followers agreed that SRHE information in Griya Muda fanpage was relevant, clear, credible, adequate, useful and needed more material coverage. Griya Muda fanpage also influenced the sexual and reproductive health attitude and behaviour of its followers.

Keywords: perception; fanpage; sexual education; SRHE; youth; information quality.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2019.101046

International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2019 Vol.15 No.2, pp.160 - 177

Received: 14 Sep 2018
Accepted: 01 Jan 2019
Published online: 22 Jul 2019 *

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