Effectiveness of Health Education for Teenagers in the Digital Era: A Review

@#This study aimed to assess the efficacy of digital education programs in adolescent reproductive health. This study involved a narrative review that used sources from the databases of scientific journals (Elsevier, BMC, BMJ, SagePub, Taylor & Francis, and Scopus) for adolescents’ reproductive health, promotion, social media, health education, health reproduction, sexual health, digital era, cell phone, mHealth, mcare, eHealth, telemedicine, health services, adolescence, youth, young adults, and young adolescents. Of the 75 studies identified during the search, 21 were eligible for inclusion. Interventions regarding reproductive health for adolescents in the digital era are diverse and range from social media and healthcare applications to gaming models. Therefore, the success of a health intervention program depends strongly on government support. Some interventions involved in-depth preparations and included discussions with decision makers and relevant professionals. Others have pinpointed training to make most of the interactions with adolescents during reproductive health education. In a review of 21 studies, 90.4% showed an increase in knowledge, attitudes, or behavior toward providing reproductive health education to adolescents. Interventions in the digital era of adolescent reproductive health are diverse and range from social media and healthcare applications to gaming models. The range of interventions was diverse and wide as most studies in the literature presented very good quality and validated interventions. As information technology plays an integral role in the lives of adolescents, education that makes greater use of social media and gaming can be very effective.

The Family Roles to Prevention of Drug Abuse in Adolescents

@#Drug abuse is one of the problems among adolescents that were found to be increasing every year. Around 2 million people use drugs in Indonesia and most of the users are 13-17 years old. Therefore, the participation of all parties is needed to overcome this, but first and foremost is the role of the family is vital. Based on the above background, the authors investigated the role of families in the prevention of drug abuse in adolescents. Drug abuse is regarded as a threat that sooner or later can destroy the young generation. The research was aimed to analyze the family roles in the prevention of drug abuse among adolescents. A literature search was conducted from journals through Google scholar, proques, and pubmed between 2014-2019. A total of 20 studies were analyzed regarding the roles of the family that influences the prevention of drug abuse among adolescents.