Determinants of adolescent sexual behaviour in indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

A high pre-marital sexual behaviour with a correspondingly high pregnancy rate was observed amongst teenagers in indonesia during the covid-19 pandemic. this phenomenon was caused by several factors which include, a decrease in the utilization of reproductive health services, inadequate information on appropriate sexual behaviour before marriage, work from home and the pembelajaran jarak jauh/ distance learning policies which increased the use of internet and exposure to pornography. this study aimed to identify the determinant factors associated with adolescent pre-marital sexual behaviour in indonesia during the covid-19 pandemic. the method involved the use of the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses extension for scoping reviews by searching for relevant articles through sciencedirect, google scholar, pubmed and garuda (garba rujukan digital) portal. twenty-one (21) articles were analysed in this study. the results showed that knowledge about reproductive health, or more specifically pre-marital sexual behaviour, was related to pre-marital sexual behaviour during the covid-19 pandemic. in addition, attitudes, communication media, peers and family were also related to adolescent pre-marital sexual behaviour during the covid-19 pandemic. in conclusion, it is necessary to prevent pre-marital sexual behaviour through health promotion to improve adolescent knowledge and attitudes, use of the latest communication media and increase in the role of peer educators and parents.: