(Peer Review + Similarity + Document) An explorative study of beliefs in two groups of community health promoters of adolescent reproductive health in Indonesia: informed by theory of planned behavior

Objective: To explore beliefs in specific social context and potential individual-level behavioral strategies used by two groups of community health promoters to foster their participation of promoting ARH.
Design: Two phases of formative studies based on the Theory of
Planned Behavior (TPB) was conducted with community health
promoters in the integrated service center (pos pelayanan
terpadu/posyandu), posyandu cadres and peer educators of three villages in Tengger, East Java, Indonesia.
Result: The phase one, conducted with posyandu cadres (n = 20)
and peer educators (n = 21). A survey using open-ended
questions and focus group discussion was carry out to elicit
accessible behavioral (advantages and disadvantages), normative (references of who have significant roles for promoters) and control (personal or situational factors) beliefs related to ARH promotion. The content analysis, elicited 15 salient beliefs for posyandu cadre and 21 for the peer educators. In phase two, the participants who previously participated in phase 1 (posyandu cadres (n = 14 and peer educators (n = 21))), completed two questionnaires to measure the belief strength and evaluation of the beliefs.
Conclusions: The result showed that each group has different
characteristic in the strength of their beliefs in promoting
reproductive health. The findings highlight the social context
underlying beliefs associated with ARH promotion and
opportunities to enhance engagement with the different groups
of community health promoters.