Use of Media Castle Pop-Up to Change Knowledge About Dental & Oral Hygiene

Abstract

Background: Poor oral hygiene can be one of the causes of problems that affect oral health that need to be considered in school-age children, especially elementary school children. This can happen because children are not yet accustomed to maintaining oral hygiene from an early age. Problem the researcher discovered a lack of knowledge about oral hygiene among school-age children. Purpose of this study was to assess whether there was a change in knowledge among grade 4 students at SDN Sidosermo 1 in Wonocolo District, Surabaya City. Type of research used was Quasi Experiment with a One-Group Pretest-Posttest design. Method used by the researcher to collect data was a questionnaire sheet given before and after counseling with Castle Pop-up media. Result the data analysis using the Wilcoxon test produced a significance value of 0.000, which is less than α 0.05. Conclusion: there is a change in knowledge about oral hygiene before and after counseling with castle pop-up media in grade 4 students of SDN Sidosermo 1, Wonocolo District, Surabaya City in 2024.