<![CDATA[Child marriage remains a significant public health and social issue in Indonesia, including in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Limited access to appropriate health information among adolescents highlights the need for engaging and contextually relevant educational approaches. This community service program aimed to improve adolescents’ health literacy regarding child marriage prevention through interactive educational media. The program employed a participatory and educational approach through counseling sessions supported by creative learning media, including a pocketbook, educational comics, and the Anti-Child Marriage Snakes and Ladders game. The activity involved 26 eighth-grade students from SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Banjarmasin. Program effectiveness was evaluated using pre-test and post-test assessments to measure changes in participants' knowledge. The results demonstrated a significant increase in the mean knowledge score from 81.54 to 86.15 (p-value 0.011), while the proportion of participants with a "good" level of understanding increased from 50.00% to 76.92%. Participants also showed high levels of enthusiasm and active engagement throughout the program. These findings indicate that integrating participatory education with interactive and culturally relevant educational media can improve adolescents’ health literacy regarding child marriage prevention. The program provides a practical educational approach that can be utilized by schools to support sustainable adolescent health education and child marriage prevention initiatives.]]>
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