Peer-reviewed article
Education and Capacity Building for Adolescents and Their Social Environment in Early Childhood Marriage Prevention Efforts in Ranokomea Village, Poleang Barat District, Bombana Regency
Arafat Mallapiseng, Sismayani Sismayani, Rahmat Hidayat, Cantika Cantika, Aisyatun Salsabilla et al. ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This community service report describes an education activity to prevent early marriage in Ranokomea Village, Bombana Regency, Indonesia. Teenagers and people in their social environment attended talks by two officials. One official was from the Office of Religious Affairs and covered marriage law and age limits. The other was from the Family Planning office and covered mental readiness, reproductive health, parenting and preventing stunting. The authors report that participants understood the consequences of early marriage better and took part actively in discussions. The report does not show whether attitudes or behaviour changed.
Key points
- The methods were observation and coordination with the village government, talks by two resource persons, interactive discussion, and evaluation through a Focus Group Discussion.
- The Office of Religious Affairs speaker covered laws, age limits and the purposes of marriage.
- The Family Planning office speaker covered couples' mental readiness, women's reproductive health, preparing for parenthood, parenting and preventing stunting in toddlers.
- Participants had a better understanding of the consequences of early marriage and of the importance of being ready before starting a family.
- The authors say ongoing education and guidance are needed so that increased knowledge turns into changes in attitudes and behaviour.
Limitations
The abstract gives no number of participants, no baseline measurement and no comparison group. It reports no measured results, and it does not show whether knowledge gains led to changes in attitudes, behaviour or marriage rates.
Abstract
Early marriage is a social issue that can affect the continuity of education, psychological readiness, reproductive health, and the family's ability to carry out parenting functions. Therefore, educational efforts that involve teenagers and the social environment comprehensively are needed. This community service activity aims to increase the knowledge, understanding, and awareness of teenagers and the social environment about preventing early marriage in Ranokomea Village, West Poleang District, Bombana Regency. The activity implementation methods include observation and coordination with the village government, delivering material by two resource persons, interactive discussions, and evaluation through a Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The first resource person from the Poleang Barat District Office of Religious Affairs (KUA) provided education on laws, age limits, and marriage purposes based on regulations. The second speaker, an officer from the Poleang Barat District Family Planning (KB) office, gave a talk about couple’s mental readiness, women’s reproductive health, preparedness for parenthood, parenting, and preventing stunting in toddlers. The activity results showed that participants had a better understanding of the consequences of early marriage and the importance of being ready before starting a family. Participants also showed enthusiasm by actively joining in discussions and focus group discussions (FGDs), especially on topics like marriage laws, reproductive health, mental readiness, and child-rearing. This activity shows that preventing early marriage requires a multidimensional and collaborative approach that integrates legal, psychological, reproductive health, parenting, and social support aspects. Ongoing education and guidance are needed so that increased knowledge can turn into changes in people's attitudes and behavior when it comes to preventing early marriage.
Findings the Hub has extracted
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- Intervention
- Education sessions for teenagers and their social environment, with talks on marriage law, reproductive health, mental readiness and parenting by two government officials, followed by discussion and a Focus Group Discussion.
- Population
- Teenagers and members of their social environment in Ranokomea Village, Poleang Barat District, Bombana Regency, Indonesia.
Key finding
Participants had a better understanding of the consequences of early marriage and of readiness before starting a family.
Mallapiseng et al. · OpenAlex · 6 Oct 2026