Perbedaan Perilaku Personal Hygiene Sebelum Dan Sesudah Edukasi Visual Storytelling Pada Anak Usia Sekolah Di SD Negeri 060831

Henny Deviana Sipayung; Nilawati Nilawati; Alisarjuni Padang; Siti Khadijah Nasution

doi:10.62027/vitamedica.v4i4.1048

Authors

Henny Deviana Sipayung Universitas Bunda Thamrin, Medan, Indonesia
Nilawati Nilawati Universitas Bunda Thamrin, Medan, Indonesia
Alisarjuni Padang Universitas Bunda Thamrin, Medan, Indonesia
Siti Khadijah Nasution Universitas Sumatera Utara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62027/vitamedica.v4i4.1048

Keywords:

health education, personal hygiene, school-aged children, visual storytelling

Abstract

Background: Personal hygiene is a fundamental healthy-living behavior that should be established during school age to prevent infectious diseases. A preliminary study at SD Negeri 060831 Medan revealed that 63% of students did not wash their hands with soap, 47% did not brush their teeth twice daily, and 40% neglected nail and hair hygiene. Conventional lecture-based education was considered insufficient, indicating the need for a more engaging approach such as visual storytelling. Objective: To analyze differences in personal hygiene behavior (knowledge, attitude, and practice) before and after visual storytelling education among school-aged children. Methods: A pre-experimental study with one-group pretest-posttest design. All 50 students of grades III–V were included through total sampling. Instruments consisted of a 20-item knowledge questionnaire (Guttman scale), a 20-item attitude questionnaire (Likert scale), and a 20-item practice observation checklist (Likert scale), previously validated with Cronbach’s α of 0.81, 0.75, and 0.71 respectively. Bivariate analysis used the Paired Sample t-test. Results: The proportion of respondents in the good category increased for knowledge (40.0% to 56.0%), attitude (56.0% to 58.0%), and practice (40.0% to 78.0%). Statistical tests demonstrated significant differences for knowledge (p = 0.001), attitude (p = 0.005), and practice (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Visual storytelling education is associated with improvements in personal hygiene behavior among school-aged children across knowledge, attitude, and practice domains. This method may serve as an alternative health-promotion medium to support the School Health Program (UKS) in primary schools.

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