PERSEPSI REMAJA SMA TENTANG ABORSI DI DENPASAR GIANYAR Ni Wayan Ayu Eka Perantini Fakultas Kesehatan Rogram Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi dan Kesehtan Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang. Aborsi adalah berakhirnya kehamilan dengan cara apapun sebelum janin cukup berkembang dan mampu untuk hidup di luar kandungan. Tingginya kasus aborsi di Indonesia, menimbulkan banyak persepsi negatif, hanya sedikit masyarakat khususnya remaja yang mampu memandang secara jernih. Banyak kasus aborsi pada remaja dikarenakan persepsi yang salah terhadap aborsi. Tujuan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi remaja SMA tentang aborsi di Denpasar dan Gianyar. Metode. Desain penelitian yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah analitik komparatif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Sampel pada penelitian ini sebanyak 147 siswa di Denpasar dan 140 siswa di Gianyar. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner yang telah dibuat berupa link google form. Analisa data yang digunakan yaitu Mann-Whitney U-test. Hasil. Hasil penelitian ini menyatakan persepsi baik pada remaja di Denpasar sebanyak 81,6% dan persepsi baik pada remaja Gianyar sebanyak 71,4%. Terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan tentang persepsi aborsi pada remaja di Denpasar dan di Gianyar (P-value < 0,001). Kesimpulan. Terdapat perbedaan Persepsi Remaja SMA Tentang Aborsi di Denpasar dan Gianyar Kata Kunci : Remaja, Persepsi, Aborsi

PERCEPTIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGERS ABOUT ABORTION IN DENPASAR AND GIANYAR Ni Wayan Ayu Eka Perantini Bachelor of Nursing Faculty of Health Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Background. Abortion is the termination of pregnancy in any way before the fetus is sufficiently developed and able to live outside the womb. The high number of abortion cases in Indonesia, creates a lot of negative perceptions, only a few people, especially teenagers, are able to view this matter clearly. Many cases of abortion in teenagers happen due to the wrong perception of abortion. Aim. This study aimed to find out the perception of high school teenagers about abortion in Denpasar and Gianyar. Method. The research design used in this study was comparative analytic with a cross-sectional approach. The sample in this study was 147 students in Denpasar and 140 students in Gianyar. Data were collected using questionnaire that has been made in the form of a google form. Data were then analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. Results. The results of this study indicate that 81.6% teenagers in Denpasar and 71.4% in Gianyar had a good perception. There was a significant difference in the perception of abortion between the teenagers in Denpasar and Gianyar (p-value < 0.001). Conclusion. There is a difference in the perception of high school teenagers about abortion in Denpasar and Gianyar. Keywords: Teenagers, Perception, Abortion