HUBUNGAN PENINGKATAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN DIARE MELALUI BERMAIN TERAPEUTIK SOSIODRAMA PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH

Abstract

Life style behavior of school age children is still low so that the risk of health problems such as diarrhea. However, the school age children period is the starting point for developing healthy behaviors and becomes a strategic target of health improvement. School aged children are period of concrete operational development to require health education methods that can reflect real and interactive experiences. The study aimed to determine the effect of therapeutic sociodrama toward diarrhea preventive behavior changes on school age children (6-12 years). The study method used quasi experiment pre-post with control group that consisted of two groups; 38 subjects were as intervention groups and 38 subjects were as control groups. Multistage random sampling used to determine research area and school while the research subject sample used simple random sampling. The results showed that therapeutic sociodrama significantly effected on knowledge (p value = 0,000), attitude (p value = 0,000), and diarrhea prevention skills (p value = 0,001). The therapeutic sociodrama could be applied as an effort to enhance healthy the diarrhea preventive behavior of school age children that could be integrated in the school nursing service.