Educational Comic for Dental Caries Prevention in Kalijudan 1 Elementary School, Surabaya
| Autor: | Ni Nyoman Astari Kumala Dewi, Agung Sosiawan, Aisyah Rachmadani Putri Gofur, Taufan Bramantoro, Dida Devina |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Medical education
business.industry educational comic Dental health media_common.quotation_subject Significant difference education physical activity Health knowledge Oral health Comics Test (assessment) lcsh:RK1-715 stomatognathic diseases lcsh:Dentistry Health education business Empowerment Psychology media_common caries |
| Zdroj: | Indonesian Journal of Dental Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2020) Indonesian Journal of Dental Medicine; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): January-June; 1-3 |
| ISSN: | 2722-1253 |
| Popis: | Background: Dental caries is one of the dental and oral diseases, and it is caused by S. mutans. Almost all humanshave dental caries, and it is a burden disease in Indonesia. The prevalence of dental caries is 79.1% worldwide, and theprevalence of child dental caries in Indonesia was 92.6% in 2018. Purpose: To promote child dental health awareness inchildren through an educational comic. Methods: Educational comics were distributed directly to students of KalijudanElementary School. Tools and materials of the empowerment program: Stationery, Laptop/computer, Application to layoutthe comic. There are 13 teachers and 30 students involved in this program. The students were given pre-test before learnedabout dental health from educational comics. After receiving health education materials from the comics books, they weregiven post-test to measure the increasement of health knowledge. Pre and post test data were analyzed with Paired-T test.Results: The pre-test and post-test results of the empowerment program at Kalijudan 1 elementary school were 12.3 and13.6, respectively. There was a 1.3 point increase. The significance value was 0.000 (p-Value < 0.05). This means thatthere was a significant difference in children’s knowledge levels before and after they read the comic. Conclusion: Theresult showed that children have learned that dental and oral health affects physical activities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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