Dampak Penggunaan Media Pop Up Book dan Leaflet Terhadap Pengetahuan Pemeliharaan Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut pada Siswa/I SDN 068003 Medan Tuntungan

Abstract

Dental caries is one of the most common health problems experienced by school-age children, so an understanding of brushing teeth properly and correctly and maintaining healthy teeth and mouth must be instilled from an early age. This research aims to determine the impact of providing pop up book leaflet media on increasing knowledge about how to brush teeth among students. This research used a quasi-experiment method with a non-randomized pretest-posttest control group design. The location of the research was III SDN 068003 Medan Tuntungan District. The research period starts from February - October 2025. The subjects of this research are all 30 class III students at SDN 068003 Medan. The number of samples was used as the total sampling, namely 30 people. The subjects of this research were divided into two groups, namely the group that received intervention, 15 people and the control group, 15 people. The intervention in this research was the provision of pop up books and media. For the intervention and control groups, a pre-test was carried out before the subjects were given the pop up book and leaflet media, and then, both groups were given a post-test after being given the pop up book and leaflet media. Blood collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires before and after being given pop up books and leaflets. Data analysis used Paired T-test and Unpaired T-test. The results of the study showed that the average knowledge of students about how to brush their teeth in the intervention and control groups both experienced a significant increase in knowledge. There is a difference in the mean score of students' knowledge before and after being given intervention through leaflet media and playing snakes and ladders (p=<0.05). To the teachers of SDN 068003 Medan. to collaborate with the Community Health Center to provide outreach in the form of regular counseling to students about how to brush their teeth.