Peningkatan Pengetahuan Masyarakat tentang Pengelolaan Obat melalui Edukasi DAGUSIBU dan Beyond Use Date di Posyandu Jeruk, Kota Semarang

Anggraeni, Indiana Gita
Maharyani, Airina
Aunila, Faiqotut Tahta
Avivah, Ainaya Wahyu Cahyaning
Pradana, Della Wahyu
Nafiha, Ahmad Mizan
Istiqhfarin, Hilda Amie Shafira

Kolaborasi Masyarakat
Volume 2 Issue 1

Irrational use of medicines poses significant health risks, particularly in communities with limited access to pharmaceutical information. This study aimed to evaluate short-term changes in knowledge following education on DAGUSIBU (Get, Use, Store, and Dispose of Medicines Properly) and Beyond Use Date (BUD) among mothers attending Posyandu Jeruk, Semarang. The activity employed a pre–post evaluative design without a control group and involved 20 participants. Knowledge levels were assessed using a structured questionnaire administered before and immediately after the educational session. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The mean knowledge score increased from 5.75 to 7.40 (p = 0.001), indicating a statistically significant short-term improvement in knowledge. These findings suggest that DAGUSIBU and BUD education was associated with an immediate increase in participant knowledge; however, causal relationships and long-term impacts cannot be inferred from this study.