Journal Center of Excellent : Health Assistive Technology (CoE)
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Journal Center of Excellent : Health Assistive Technology

Animation cartoon media as an increase in dental health knowledge in elementary school children

Oktaviani Indo Syaputri (Dental Therapist, Medikids Clinic Summarecon Bekasi)
Eka Anggreni (Center of Excellent, Polytechnic Health of Jakarta I)
Ngatemi Ngatemi (Center of Excellent, Polytechnic Health of Jakarta I, Indonesia)
Rini Widiyastuti (Center of Excellent, Polytechnic Health of Jakarta I)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Mar 2023

Abstract

Background: Dental and oral health education is a primary prevention measure before the occurrence of disease. One of the interesting media that combines sound and moving images in conveying information is animated cartoon media. Purpose: the research aims to analyze the effectiveness of Cartoon Animation Media on dental health knowledge in elementary school children. Methods: The type of research used in this study was a quasy experiment with a pretest and posttest design with one group design. This research was conducted at SDN Sawangan 07 Depok class IVA. The sampling technique used total sampling, which amounted to 32 students. The instruments used were dental health knowledge questionnaires and cartoon animation media. Data analysis was tested using paired sample t test. Results: The results of this study show that the mean of dental health knowledge before being educated using animated cartoon media is 8.9 and after being educated using animated cartoon media is 11.0, with the results of paired sample t-test p<0.001. Conclusion: cartoon animation media as an increase in dental health knowledge in elementary school children.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jchat

Publisher

Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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