Promosi Kesehatan Menggunakan Media Audio Visual Terhadap Peningkatan Pengetahuan Mencuci Tangan Pada Siswa/i

Abstract

There are many impacts of not washing your hands with soap, one of which is diarrhea. Diarrhea is the occurrence of defecation with a consistency that is more liquid than usual, with a frequency of three or more times in a 24 hour period. There was an increase in the incidence of diarrhea and deaths due to diarrhea in toddlers from 2015-2017. 2017 data states that almost 1.7 billion cases of diarrhea occurred in children with a death rate of around 525,000 in children under 5 years. This research aims to analyze knowledge about hand washing among students at SDN Melong Mandiri 3 Cimahi City before and after health promotion using audiovisual media. This type of research is pre-experimental with a one group pretest-posttest design. The number of samples in this study was 34 people. Sampling used total sampling. Data analysis was carried out using univariate and bivariate analysis (Wilcoxon test). The research results showed a significant value for knowledge before and after being given health promotion with audiovisual media of (p-value = 0.0001). There is an influence of health promotion using audiovisual media about washing hands on increasing students' knowledge at SDN Melong Mandiri 3. And the school is expected to optimize the work function of the UKS (School Health Unit) as a means of distributing information and coordinating with community health centers for health programs in schools.