analyze the effectiveness of Lasallian health education model to increase the knowledge of children aged 6-12 years (2). Mann Whitney test as an alternative of the unpaired t test samples made to: (1). identify the behavior of dental treatment of children aged 6-12 years before and after Lasallian health education. identifying the knowledge of dental care of children aged 6-12 years before and after Lasallian health education. Wilcoxon test as an alternative paired sample t test is used to: (1). The technique of collecting data using questionnaires and interviews guided to children and parents. The sample is determined by using formula of Slovin with random sampling stratification technique (stratified random sampling) from the list of respondents provided by the school based on its class with the formula n = (class population / number of total population) x number of samples specified. Experimental group consist of 28 people and control group 28 people. There are 56 respondents were divided into two groups. The populations in this research were students of Elementary School of Tanamon with total 130 people. The independent variable is Lasallian health education and the dependent variable is the knowledge and behavior of children. The second group serves as a comparison group / controller. The first group received intervention while the second group did not receive intervention. The first group and the second group were measured before (pre-test) and after (post-test). In this design, there are two groups were chosen as research objects. The method of this research is true experiment Randomized Pre-test - Post-test Control Group Design. Final results are expected, the change in the behavior of school children's dental care.īased on the description above, researchers interested in conducting research on improving the knowledge and behavior of children aged 6-12 years in dental care based on the Lasallian health education in Public elementary school of Tanamon. (2) Holistic method was used and be able to touch the heart / soul (3). The uniqueness from Lasallian health education models illustrated from (1) the content / health education materials are fully equipped to provide the information to improve knowledge about health and dental care of children. Health education model is based on the values of Lasallian and pedagogical education such as: teaching mind, touching hearts and transforming life. Lasallian health education model is expected to improve knowledge and is able to change the behavior of school children's dental care. New approach needed to provide health education for school children and parents. Health education was done by the health center and school but has not showed significant changes of behavioral in dental care of children. The solution to overcome this problem is to provide health education for children and parents about oral health. Based on the data of Ongkaw health center in the district of Sinonsayang in 2014 is 89.7% of elementary school children have caries and in Public Elementary School of Tanamon 89.2% of children aged 6-12 has caries. Based on the basic health research in 2013 in Indonesia the prevalence of dental caries is 89% of children aged <12 years, North Sulawesi is 29.99% of children aged 5-9 years suffer from dental caries and in South Minahasa district is 44.76%. Based on the results can be concluded that health education of Lasallian effectively improve the knowledge and behavior of dental treatment of children aged 6-12 years in Public Elementary School Tanamon District of Sinonsayang.ĭental caries problem is the biggest faced in the field of dental health. At the Mann Whitney test for knowledge, pre-test phase P = 0.654> 0.05 and a post-test 0.00 0.05 and a post-test 0.00 <0.05 means that the pre-test there were no differences in behavior between the experimental group and control group in post-test have behavioral differences between the experimental group and control group. The results showed there is no significant difference in knowledge and behavior of dental care before and after treatment. Data was analyzed using the Wilcoxon test and Mann Whitney. Respondents were divided into two groups: the experimental group and the control group consist of 28 people for each group. There are 56 respondents were recruited in this study. The design of this study was True experiment. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Health Education by using a model of Lasallian education to increase knowledge and behavior dental care of children. Dental caries is a major dental health problem and often occurs in school-age children 6-12 years as well as children.
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