Sexual education intervention for the prevention of premarried sexual behavior in early adolescents

Abstract

Sexual education interventions are needed as an effort to prevent premarital sexual behavior in early adolescents. The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze sexual education interventions for the prevention of premarital sex in early adolescents. The research keywords were sexual education, prevention, premarital sexual behavior, and early adolescence. Data collection using an electronic database from articles that have been published through the Proquest portal, Sciencedirect, Google Scholar, and Pubmed, published from 2010 to 2020. The results of the literature review identify sexual education interventions for premarital sexual prevention in early adolescents that have been carried out in several countries through the integration of sexual education at the education level, sexual education through guidance and counseling by professional health workers, sexual education through guidance and counseling based on the cooperation of schools and parents. Sexual education has been shown to reduce the incidence of premarital sexual behavior in early adolescents.