Pemberdayaan Kader Pemuda sebagai Agen Promosi Kesehatan Mulut melalui Edukasi Berbasis Gamifikasi

Hayyu Failasufa (Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang)
Noor Rimawati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang)
MD Irfani (Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang)
Arina Najma Azizati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang)
Erdianto Setya Wardhana (Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang)

Jurnal Pengabdian UNDIKMA
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): August (IN PRESS)

This community service program aims to improve youth health cadres' knowledge and practical skills in oral health promotion through gamification-based education while strengthening their capacity as health education agents within the school environment. The program employed a training-based educational intervention using a one-group pre-experimental pre-test–post-test design involving 50 members of the Youth Red Cross (Palang Merah Remaja [PMR]) at a senior high school. The activities integrated interactive lectures, the Smile Guard Quiz gamified educational video, and hands-on simulation sessions using dental phantom models. The results demonstrated a significant improvement in participants' knowledge, with the mean score increasing from 51.7 to 80.7, representing a 56.1% increase (p < 0.001). Furthermore, 80% of participants achieved good to excellent practical skill levels, 85% demonstrated active participation throughout the program, and the mean satisfaction score reached 3.5 out of 4. These findings suggest that gamification-based oral health education is associated with improved knowledge and the development of strong practical skills among youth health cadres. This interactive educational approach has the potential to support school- and community-based oral health promotion programs.