Factors related to Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Behavior a High School In Trang Province.

Abstract

     This survey research by cross-sectional study aimed to examine pregnancy prevention behaviors among adolescents and to investigate the relationships between personal, internal, and external factors and pregnancy prevention behaviors among high school students in Trang Province. The sample size consisted of 254 Grade 10 students. Data were collected using an online questionnaire covering personal information, internal and external factors, and pregnancy prevention behaviors. The content validity index (IOC) ranged 0.87 The knowledge test had a KR-20 reliability coefficient of 0.78, while the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for the attitude and behavior questionnaires were 0.89 and 0.77, respectively. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s product–moment correlation coefficient.

     The findings revealed that knowledge of contraception, adequacy of income, family, peer, and teacher support, perceived self-efficacy, and perceived severity of adolescent pregnancy were significantly correlated with pregnancy prevention behaviors ranged 0.01 However, age and family relationship showed no significant correlation. The results can be utilized to develop programs and models to enhance health literacy and promote pregnancy prevention behaviors among high school students in Trang Province.