A Convergence Study on the Effect of Oral Health Knowledge and Behavior on Social Efficacy by Upper Grade Elementary School Students

Educating Indonesian children to improve their knowledge about the importance of maintaining oral health is needed. This study was aimed to explain relation between several factors in elementary school students, such as grade, age, sex with number of children in family or economic factor such as whether the mother is housewife or she earns regular income, which is affected by improvement of their oral health education. A quasi experiment pre-test and post-test without control group design involved 141 students as selected through purposive sampling. Samples were distributed to grade IV, V, and VI of private elementary school students in Depok, West Java, Indonesia in April-October 2016. Data collection used pre-test and post-test questionnaires. Data processing used Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and regression logistic. Results showed the improvement of knowledge level after implementing “KakAyu Dental Flipbook” education. The average result of respondents’ knowledge at pre-test was 80.85 ± 14.17, and 93.40 ± 9.84 at post-test. There is a relation between knowledge improvement and education using “KakAyu Oral Dental/Orthodonthic Flipbook” (p value = 0.001), but no significant relation between the variables (grade, age, sex, number of family members and mother’s working status) and oral health knowledge improvement of elementary school students.AbstrakPerlu adanya edukasi untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan anak Indonesia tentang pentingnya memelihara kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan hubungan antara faktor siswa sekolah dasar seperti kelas, usia, jenis kelamin dengan jumlah anak dalam keluarga atau faktor ekonomi seorang ibu rumah tangga atau berpenghasilan tetap, yang dipengaruhi oleh peningkatan pengetahuan dari edukasi kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Disain penelitian quasi experiment pre-test dan post-test tanpa desain grup kontrol melibatkan 141 siswa yang dipilih melalui purposive sampling. Sampel tersebar pada siswa kelas IV, V, dan VI sekolah dasar swasta di Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia pada April-Oktober 2016. Data penelitian diperoleh dari kuesioner pre-test dan post-test. Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test dan regresi logistik digunakan dalam pengolahan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat pengetahuan meningkat setelah dilakukan edukasi menggunakan “KakAyu Dental Flipbook”. Rata-rata hasil pengetahuan responden saat pre-test 80,85 ± 14,17 dan saat post-test 93,40 ± 9,84. Terdapat korelasi antara peningkatan pengetahuan dan edukasi menggunakan “KakAyu Oral Dental/Orthodonthic Flipbook” (nilai p = 0,001), namun tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara variabel (kelas, usia, jenis kelamin, jumlah anak dalam keluarga, dan status pekerjaan ibu) dengan peningkatan pengetahuan kesehatan mulut siswa sekolah dasar.

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Efektivitas edukasi kesehatan menggunakan permainan tebak gambar dan audiovisual terhadap pemahaman kesehatan gigi dan mulut

HOLISTIK JURNAL KESEHATAN ◽

10.33024/hjk.v15i1.3809 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 102-109

Author(s):

Fenita Purnama Sari Indah ◽

Tri Okta Ratnaningtyas ◽

Rita Dwi Pratiwi ◽

Ida Listiana ◽

Desty Alyumah

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Oral Health ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

P Value ◽

School Students ◽

Oral Health Knowledge ◽

Teaching Device ◽

Educational Videos ◽

Health Teaching

The effectiveness of educational videos and picture charades: A health teaching device in improving oral health knowledge among elementary school students Background: Dental and oral health was one of the public health problems that required comprehensive treatment. Dental and oral health care efforts have to begin from an early age. To overcome the problem among elementary school students need health education used to counseling methods that were under the criteria target of health education.Purpose: To determine of the effectiveness of educational videos and picture charades: A health teaching device in improving oral health knowledge among elementary school students.Method: A quasi-experiment design with a non-equivalent control group with pretest posttest with a sample of 60 people. The group by a video method of 30 respondents and the group by picture charades of 30 respondents, The sample taken by purposive sampling. The technique of collecting data used to a questionnaire sheet. This studied used to Wilxocon signed rank test statistics and Mann Whitney test for data analysis.Results: There was a significant difference in oral health knowledge on educational videos group also picture charades group among elementary school students before and after interventions with (p value = 0.015) and (p value = 0.010) and differences both groups with (p value = 0.011).Conclusion: The video method and picture charades were in the same effective for increasing the knowledge of dental and oral health for fourth-grade students at Government Elementary School (SDN Muncul 3).Keywords: Educational; Videos; Picture charades; A health teaching device; Oral health knowledge; Elementary school studentsPendahuluan: Kesehatan gigi dan mulut merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang memerlukan penanganan secara komperehensif. Upaya pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut sebaiknya dilakukan sejak usia dini. Untuk mengatasi masalah pada siswa sekolah dasar dapat dilakukan dengan penyuluhan kesehatan menggunakan metode penyuluhan yang sesuai dengan kriteria sasaran penyuluhan kesehatan. Dari hasil studi pendahuluan didapatkan dari duapuluh siswa memiliki pemahaman kurang tentang kesehatan gigi dan mulut.Tujuan: Mengetahui perbedaan pemahaman tentang kesehatan gigi dan mulut antara penyuluhan kesehatan dengan metode audiovisual dan permainan tebak gambar.Metode: Penelitian quasi eksperimen dengan pendekatan non-equivalent control group design with Pretest Posttest design dengan sampel yaitu 60 orang. Untuk kelompok metode audiovisual sebanyak 30 responden dan untuk kelompok permainan tebak gambar sebanyak 30 responden dengan menggunakan purposive sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan lembar kuesioner. Analisa data menggunakan uji statistik uji wilcoxon signed rank test dan uji mann whitney test.Hasil: Terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara pemahaman tentang kesehatan gigi dan mulut sebelum dan sesudah diberikan penyuluhan kesehatan dengan metode audiovisual (p value = 0,015) dan permainan tebakgambar (p value = 0,010) serta perbedaan diantara kedua pengguna metode penyuluhan kesehatan (p value = 0,011).Simpulan: Metode audiovisual dan permainan tebak gambar sama - sama efektifnya untuk meningkatkan pemahaman tentang kesehatan gigi dan mulut pada siswa kelas IV SDN Muncul 3. Namun, jika dibandingkan kedua metode ini, metode permainan tebak gambar lebih dapat meningkatkan pemahaman siswa.

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