PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN PENCEGAHAN KARIES GIGI PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DI MI MUHAMMADIYAH KALIPETUNG KABUPATEN BANYUMAS
Abstract: Dental caries is the
main problem of oral health are often found in children of school age, the
prevalence of dental caries in Indonesia was about 90% of the 238 million of Indonesian
population and the number of children aged 15 years and under who sufferred
from dental caries reached 76,5%.
Objective : This study aims to determine the effect of health education
toward level of knowledge on the prevention of dental caries for school age
children in MI Muhammadiyah Kalipetung.
Method : This research used pe-eksperimental desaignn with one group
pretest and posttest design. Sample were taken using cluster sampling.
Respondent in this research is student in class II until VI in MIMuhammadiyah
Kalipetung, they are 55 respondents. The data was collected using
questionnaire. Analysis of data used SPSS program with Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.
Result : The result showed the effect of health education toward level of
knowledge on the prevention of dental caries with the value of p=0,037
(p<0,05).
Conclusion : From the result of the analysis, it can be conclude that
there effect of health eduction toward level of knowledge on the prevention of
dental caries for school age children in MI Muhammadiyah Kalipetung.
Keywords: Dental caries,
Health education, Age of school childen
Penulis: Siti Haniyah
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd130260
