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Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2022 Mar 04; 10(E):617-621.
https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.7291
eISSN: 1857-9655
Category: E - Public Health
Section: Public Health Education and Training
Abstract
Edited by: Sasho Stoleski/ INTRODUCTION: Early marriage may compromise the reproductive health of adolescent girls. Youth empowerment
Citation: Purwanti D, Rijanto R, Cahyani TIP,
Nurwulansari F. Empowerment of Youth Information
through the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) needs to be done, to increase awareness of adolescent
and Counseling Center (PIK-R) for Early Marriage girls about their reproductive right.
Independence among Adolescent Girls. Open-Access
Maced J Med Sci. 2022 Feb 05; 10(E):617-621. https://doi. AIM: This study aims to analyze the effect of empowering the PIK-R group with the Emo Demo method on early
org/10.3889/oamjms.2022.7291
Keywords: Empowerment; Adolescent; Marriage; PIK-R
marriage independence in young women, through training activities.
(Youth Information and Counseling Center)
*Correspondence: Dwi Purwanti, Department of METHODS: Design of this study used a quasi-experimental design with one-group pretest-posttest design. Thirty
Midwifery, Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan, adolescent girls from the PIK-R group were selected by simple random sampling. The research variables were the Emo
Surabaya, Indonesia. E-mail: dwipurwanti1967@gmail.
com Demo method and early marriage independence. Research instruments used Emo Demo module and questionnaire of
Received: 13-Sep-2021 early marriage independence from the previous study by Purwanti et al. The data were analyzed descriptively to determine
Revised: 21-Nov-2021
Accepted: 22-Feb-2022
the frequency distribution of early marriage independence before and after the intervention. Furthermore, data analysis
Copyright: © 2022 Dwi Purwanti, Rijanto Rijanto, used Wilcoxon signed-ranks test to assess the effect of youth empowerment through the PIK-R among adolescent girls.
Tatarini Ika Pipit Cahyani, Fitria Nurwulansari
Funding: This study was supported by Health Surabaya RESULTS: The result of this analysis showed that the empowerment of PIK-R group using the Emo Demo method
Ministry of Health Polytechnic
Competing Interest: The authors have declared that no has a significant impact on the early marriage independence among adolescent girls with p = 0.001.
competing interest exists
Open Access: This is an open-access article distributed CONCLUSION: Empowerment of the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) group with the Emo-
under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Demo method increases awareness of the potential of youth and the desire to develop it so that they can achieve
NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0)
independence. It is recommended that in the development of group empowerment, information centers and youth
counseling can apply the Emo-Demo method, because this method has proven to be effective.
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is expected that the Emo Demo module can be used as subjects. Our study is consistent with the study by
a reference of behavior change methods for preventing Amareta and Ardianto showed that there is an effect
early marriage in adolescent girls. This method is very of Emo Demo method on increasing the practice of
participatory which aims to deliver a simple messages washing hands with soap. In this study, disgust is one of
in a way that is fun and emotionally touching and uses the emotional reactions that can be generated to change
props so that they will make them more memorable. the behavior of research subjects. Effective behavior
A study by Handayani et al. found that change may require more than just health information.
health education using playing snake ladders media Besides providing health information, the Emo Demo
increases the knowledge of adolescents about the risk method is also inspiring emotions possessed by the
of early marriage. Adolescents are very enthusiastic subject so that the subject will be motivated to make
participating in the discussion while playing the snake changes in behavior [23]. Change can only occur as
and ladder game with a group of friends. They are also response to new things, evocative, and fun [22].
easily understood the material given because they feel The usual methods of health education tend
attracted to the snake ladder media. This study showed to impart knowledge before new behaviors are formed.
that the use of learning method and media according However, the Emo Demo method uses the behavioral
to the age of the respondent has a positive impact on centered design (BCD) approach. This approach seeks
the ease of capturing and understanding the material or to include psychological elements as an innovation to
information [20]. Emo Demo is a participatory, innovative, change individual behavior. The combination of science
and fun method to change behavior, and this fun thing and creativity in the composition of messages makes
will make it easier to take action. This technique relies this method transfer behavior change messages more
on an emotional approach and demonstrations (live easily to the target audience [23].
demonstrations) so that it is more inspiring and easier Overall, the study results provide new insights
to understand. into the strategy delaying early marriage through youth
The results of this study corroborate with empowerment in the PIK-R group. In our knowledge,
previous findings where the study conducted by this study is the first study using Emo Demo method
Zakiyyah et al. found that health education using the for empowering adolescent in reducing early marriage.
Emo-Demo method can improve the behavior of both Nevertheless, our study has a number of limitations.
knowledge, attitudes and actions. Activities with the The limitation of this study is the absence of a control
emotional power are given to the mother through group, because during this pandemic, it is difficult to
fun games, demonstrations, and watching movies. find respondents who are willing to take part in offline
The name of ATIKA (Ati, Telur, and Ikan) is one of activities.
the methods in Emo Demo module. The ATIKA has a
meaning of the food that must be consumed by children
under 3 years of age. Through this interesting term, it is
hoped that mothers will always remember to provide a Conclusion
menu of healthy food consumption for the health of their
children [21].
Emo Demo is a behavior change method The youth empowerment through the PIK-R
using the principles, namely, Simple: Focus on one has a significant impact on the early age marriage
key message so it is simpler, Stories: Emo Demo independence among adolescent girls. Empowerment
is delivered in the form of a story so it is easy to PIK-R uses the Demo Emo method to improve awareness
remember, Emotional: Emo Demo will stimulate of the potential of youth and the desire to develop it in
emotional reactions from participants, Real: Emo order to achieve and be independent. This study is
Demo will use real examples and props, Unexpected: recommended for implementing new strategy in youth
Emo Demo can have an unexpected effect to attract empowerment in the PIK-R. Demo Emo as a method
people’s attention, and Social: Emo Demo uses group Education for the prevention of early marriage can be
dynamics and it is based on social context (daily events used as a reference in the PIK-R empowerment process.
in society) [14]. Emo Demo is a community education
method developed by the Global Alliance for Improved
Nutrition. Emo Demo is developed based on behavior- Ethical clearance
centered design theory that uses science and creativity. All procedures performed in studies involving
This theory holds that behavior can only change in human participants were in accordance with the
response to something new, challenging, surprising, or ethical standards of the Institutional Research
interesting [22]. Committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration.
The module on our study discusses the impact This study has received ethical clearances from the
of pregnancy outside of marriage. The topic aims to Health Research Ethics Committee of the Health
stimulate emotional reactions from the adolescents that Polytechnic Ministry of Health Surabaya No. EA/335/
can be generated to change the behavior of research KEPK-Poltekkes_Sby/V/2020.
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