The Effectiveness of Audiovisual Media on Knowledge of School-Age Children About Clean and Healthy Life Behavior Washing Hands as an Effort to Prevent Covid-19

DOI

10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.049How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Covid-19, Health Education, Audiovisual, Clean and Healthy Lifestyle, Washing Hands

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) is an infectious disease that is currently in the spotlight of the world community including Indonesia since its appearance in 2019. To prevent the transmission of Covid-19, it is necessary to conduct health education to increase children’s knowledge and teach them how to live clean and healthy habits. Healthy especially washing hands using soap and clean running water which is a protocol in preventing Covid-19. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of health education with audiovisual media about Clean and Healthy Lifestyle Behavior on handwashing on knowledge in school-age children as an effort to prevent Covid-19 at State Elementary School 06 Balai Badak, Ampek Nagari District, Agam Regency in 2021.This type of research is a pre-experiment with a research design of One Group PretestPosttest. The population in this study were all students of class II State Elementary School 06 Balai Badak, Ampek Nagari District, Agam Regency as many as 12 people using the Total Population sample technique. Collecting data by using a questionnaire. The data were processed computerized using Wilcoxon non-parametric statistical test.The results of the study obtained that the average knowledge before being given health education (pretest) was 2.42 and after being given health education (posttest) was 7.25 with a p-value of 0.002.This study concludes that there is an effect of health education with audiovisual media on Clean and Healthy Lifestyle Behavior on handwashing on knowledge in school-age children as an effort to prevent Covid-19 at State Elementary School 06 Balai Badak, Ampek Nagari District, Agam Regency in 2021. It is hoped that the school can facilitate children to improve their ability to wash their hands properly and correctly.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Vino Rika Nofia
AU  - Harinal
AU  - Helena Patricia
AU  - Etriyanti
AU  - Rani Ika Fardila
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/28
TI  - The Effectiveness of Audiovisual Media on Knowledge of School-Age Children About Clean and Healthy Life Behavior Washing Hands as an Effort to Prevent Covid-19
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Syedza Saintika International Conference on Nursing, Midwifery, Medical Laboratory Technology, Public Health, and Health Information Management (SeSICNiMPH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 258
EP  - 261
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.049
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.049
ID  - Nofia2021
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