Jurnal EduHealth
Vol. 15 No. 01 (2024): Jurnal eduHealt, Edition January - March, 2024

Optimizing knowledge and attitude towards oral hygiene of elementary school students through think pair share health education

Cahyani, Meysa Ayu (Unknown)
Sudaryanto, Agus (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jan 2024

Abstract

Elementary school students need health education about dental and oral hygiene because many children still do not understand it. Using the Think Pair Share model, students are encouraged to think, discuss, and argue from the results of discussions about dental and oral hygiene. This research aims to analyze the effectiveness of Think Pair Share health education as an interactive and collaborative method in improving knowledge and attitudes about dental and oral hygiene among elementary school students. This research uses a quantitative method with a pre-experiment design (One Group Pre-test Post-test). The population was 69 students at SDN Pabelan 3. Using a purposive sampling technique, 30 respondents aged 9-10 were obtained. The results of analysis using the Wilcoxson signed rank test showed an increase in knowledge for 24 respondents (80%) and an increase in attitudes for 26 respondents (86.67%) after receiving health education through the Think Pair Share model. The conclusion of this research suggests the effectiveness of the Think Pair Share model in health education as an interactive and collaborative method to enhance elementary school student's knowledge and attitudes regarding dental and oral hygiene.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

healt

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Public Health Veterinary

Description

The EduHealt journal contains articles based on research results or equivalent in the health field. The research includes research related to the community environment as well as in the general public. Articles published in this journal have never been published/published by other ...