en <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=tab-stops:412.2pt><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4472c4>Aims:</span></span></span></b> <span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>Modernization and globalization have rendered teenagers susceptible to environmental influences, including risky sexual behaviors. Comic media, serving as a graphic medium, functions as a tool for simplifying complex topics, instilling value, captivating interest and attention, aiding in data interpretation, and condensing information. This research aim</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>ed</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> to assess the effectiveness of health education utilizing digital comic media in promoting healthy reproductive behavior among adolescents. </span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=tab-stops:412.2pt><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4472c4>Materials and Methods:</span></span></span></b> <span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>Th</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>is</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> quasi-experimental research </span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>with</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> a one-group pre</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>-</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>test-post</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>-</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>test design</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> was done on</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> 100 students. </span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>Stati</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>stical analysis was done using SPSS 16 by the Wilcoxon test</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>.</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=tab-stops:412.2pt><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4472c4>Findings:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> There was</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> an improvement </span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>of </span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>3.2</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> in the behavior </span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>mean score from the pre-test </span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>to the post-test</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>. The results of bivariate analysis using the Wilcoxon test on pre-test and post-test respondents reveal</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>ed</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> a p-value of 0.000</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>1</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>, which </span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif>was</span></span><span lang=IN style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> less than 0.05. Therefore, there was a significant difference in knowledge and behavior between the pre-training and post-training stages using digital comics.</span></span><b> </b><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4472c4></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=tab-stops:412.2pt><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif><span style=color:#4472c4>Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif> Health education delivered through digital comic media has a substantial impact on students’ knowledge and behavior, thereby contributing to the enhancement of healthy reproductive practices among teenagers at SMA N 01 Muaro Jambi.</span></span><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span style=font-family:Cambria,serif></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> Knowledge,Behavior,Digital Technology,Healthy reproduction, 615 620 http://hehp.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-75239-4&slc_lang=en&sid=4