A child is a candidate for the next generation of the nation and national development capital. If children have good qualities such as healthy, smart, physically strong, and productive, they will help support national development for a country. Children's reproductive health is part of overall health, because health problems in children will disrupt the function of reproductive health. Provision of health education is one of the strategies to create healthy and well-behaved children, especially in maintaining reproductive health. This study aims to determine the effect of health education using the traditional game media that has been modified to the level of knowledge and behavior of reproductive health. The study used a quasi-experimental design on 45 elementary school children taken with total sampling technique. Data collection was obtained from primary data using a questionnaire that was analyzed by Repeated ANOVA and McNemar. There is an effect by using the Engklek game on knowledge reproductive health before intervention, after the first intervention, and after the second intervention which is the result showed p value= 0.001 (p<0.05). Then there is no effect of using Engklek game on the behavior of reproductive health before intervention and after the first intervention the result showed p value= 0.508 (p< 0.05) and there is an effect before intervention and after the second intervention which showed p value= 0.000 (p <0.05). There is an effect of health education using media playing Engklek on knowledge and behavior in maintaining reproductive health.
Keywords: Reproductive health; elementary school children; Engklek games
Relationship between Increase of Obesity and Behavior in Elementary School Children in Aioi City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
