AVICENNA
Vol. 19 No. 2 (2024): Avicenna: Jurnal Ilmiah

Digital Applications to Support Childres's Dental Health Promotion

Fitriyanti (Unknown)
Wartiniyati (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2024

Abstract

Background : Stunting is a world problem because stunting is a growth and development disorder in infants (0 - 11 months) and toddlers (12 - 59 months) as a result of chronic malnutrition, especially in the first thousand days of life (HPK) so that children are too short for their age. Stunting can even disrupt intelligence levels, make you more susceptible to disease, risk future declines in productivity levels, and hamper economic growth, thereby increasing poverty. Stunting cannot be treated. So the problem of stunting can be overcome, of course, through promotional and preventive means. One of the promotional efforts is the promotion of stunted children's teeth. Since stunting affects children and toddlers, the target of outreach is parents. Method : The research materials are books, articles, and other documents related to digital applications to support the health promotion of children with stunting. Searches for supporting health promotion were carried out using a manual search engine. All digital applications obtained are sorted according to research needs. Using a reference manager, namely the Mendeley application and Publish or Perish. Results: There are 10 digital applications to support the promotion of dental health in stunted children, namely: 1. Application to literacy studies; 2. Interactive presentation application; 3. Interactive learning media maker application; 4. Remote class application; 5. Group study room application; 6. Digital question practice application; 7. Book search application; 8. Language translation app; 9. Image search application; 10. Video editing application. Conclusion : The digital application supports the promotion of dental health in stunted children so that it is interesting, and memorable so that it becomes an inspiring message for mothers with dental health problems in stunted children. Keywords : Digital applications, supporting health promotion, teeth of stunted children

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Journal Info

Abbrev

avicena

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Public Health

Description

Jurnal AVICENNA is a journal published by the Public Health Department, Faculty of Health Science, University of Muhammadiyah Bengkulu since 2006 (the previous version can be seen in the AVCN OLD icon). This journal containing writings that are based on the results of research in the fields of ...