Efektivitas Penyuluhan Pencegahan Diare Terhadap Peningkatan Pengetahuan Siswa Sekolah Dasar Al Hidayah Medan Tembung

Abstrak

Diarrheal disease is one of the public health problems that is still a serious concern in Indonesia. Efforts to prevent diarrhea can be carried out through various strategies, one of which is health counseling. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of counseling on diarrhea prevention on the level of knowledge of elementary school students. Using a quantitative approach and quasi-experimental design, this study measured the effectiveness of changing students' knowledge through pretest and posttest data using N-Gain Score analysis. This research was conducted at Al Hidayah Elementary School Medan. The results of the data analysis showed that the average pretest result was 5.64 and the average posttest result was 9.19 and an N-Gain value of 0.82 was obtained which was more than 0.7 which means that there was a significant effectiveness between diarrhea prevention counseling and increasing student knowledge. These findings indicate that the counseling provided is effective in increasing students' understanding of diarrhea prevention measures. This study emphasizes the importance of health counseling, advocacy and socialization programs in the school environment as an effort to encourage the implementation of clean and healthy living behaviors, as well as contribute to reducing the risk of diarrheal diseases among students.