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Background: Adolescence is a transitional phase from childhood to adulthood, accompanied by physical and psychological maturity. Adolescent reproductive health includes risky sexual behaviors that may lead to unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. Objective: This study aims to determine the level of knowledge among female students regarding teenage pregnancy. Method: The research is descriptive in nature with a cross-sectional approach and was conducted on April 17, 2025. Sample: involving 87 respondents, all 11th-grade female students at SMAN 1 Abang selected using total sampling technique. Instrument: Data were collected using a questionnaire. Results: Most respondents have good knowledge about the concept of teenage pregnancy (56.3%), influencing factors (86.2%), the consequences of teenage pregnancy (80.5%), and prevention efforts (88.5%). Conclusion: Many respondents still do not understand the concept of teenage pregnancy.

Adolescence is a transition period from child to adult. Problems that often arise as a result of physical changes, emotional changes and social changes in adolescents are free sexual behavior, early pregnancy, and contracting sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Early pregnancy can have a detrimental impact, especially on young women, both physically, psychologically and socially. Physically, a teenage mother faces a higher risk of eclampsia, puerperal endometritis, and systemic infections than women aged 20 to 24 years, and babies of teenage mothers face a higher risk of low birth weight, premature birth, and severe neonatal conditions. Objective: to determine the knowledge and attitudes of young women regarding early pregnancy. This type of research is a case study using descriptive research with a sample size of 5 people. Results: characteristics of respondents aged 14-19 years. With an average education level of middle school and high school. Most of the knowledge of young women who do not understand about early pregnancy is 80% and those who already understand it is 20%. Conclusion: knowing the knowledge and attitudes of young women regarding early pregnancy where the majority of young women have insufficient knowledge and unsupportive attitudes.

Adolescence is a transition period from child to adult. Problems that often arise as a result of physical changes, emotional changes and social changes in adolescents are free sexual behavior, early pregnancy, and contraction of sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Early pregnancy can have a detrimental impact, especially for adolescent girls, both physically, phychologically and socially. Phycically, teenage mothers face a higher risk of eclampsia, puerperal endometritis , and systemic infection that women aged 20 to 24 years, and babies of teenage mothers face a higher risk of low birth weight, premature birth, and severe neonatal conditions. Objective: to determine the knowledge and attitudes of adolenscent girls about early pregnancy. Method: this type of research is a case study that uses descriptive research with a total sample of 49 people. Results: the characteristics of respondents   aged 14-16 years 38%, with 59% education level is high school. Most of the knowledge of adolescent girls in youth Poanyandu Hagerek Sesama 55% in the  moderate  category, 33% in the good category, and 12 % in the poor category. The attitude of adolescent girls in Youth Posnyandu Remaja Hagerek Sesama was 87,76% in favor of early pregnancy and attitudes of adolescent girls about early pregnancy where most adolescent girls have sufficient knowledge and supportive attitudes.  

Early marriage is a marriage between children whose preparation targets have not been said to be maximal, physical preparation, mental preparation and material preparation. Apart from that, early marriage will affect pregnancy and childbirth. Being in her teens carries certain risks, both the mother and her future baby are both at high risk. This research aims to determine the knowledge and attitudes of teenage girls regarding the impact of pregnancy at an early age at SMKN 3 Pematang Siantar. The research method used in this research is descriptive. The population in this study was 397 with a sample size of 40 respondents. The sampling technique is stratified random sampling. The results of the research show that the description of the knowledge and attitudes of young women regarding the risks of pregnancy in early marriage at SMKN 3 Pematang Siantar in 2023 is concluded. The level of knowledge of young women about the risks of pregnancy in early marriage at SMKN 3 Pematang Siantar in 2023 shows that 25 respondents (62.5%) have good knowledge, 10 respondents (25%) have sufficient knowledge, and 5 respondents (12.5%) have poor knowledge. The attitude of young women regarding the risk of pregnancy in early marriage at SMKN 3 Pematang Siantar in 2023 shows that 80% (32 respondents) have a positive attitude and 20% (8 respondents) have a negative attitude.