Authors: Asih Triranti 1, Mochammad Bagus Qomaruddin 2, Shrimarti Rukmini Devy 2
1 Master Candidate, Department Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Public Health,
2 Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Public Health,
1,2Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia
Email: asih.triranti88@gmail.com
Abstract
Introduction: Dental and oral health issues affect to overall health and degrade the quality of life. One of the most common dental and oral health issues in community is dental carries. The prevalence of dental carries in school-aged children is very high. Dental carries can be prevented with healthy behaviors. Healthy school environment will affect student’s healthy behavior. Teachers as lead figures at school, play a role for motivating students to be able to perform healthy behaviors. Healthy behaviors are formed from sufficient knowledge to understand maintaining dental and oral health, such as dental health training. Dental health training is such as learning activity focused in dental and oral health. This study used learning activity with andragogy approach.
Objective: This study aimed to analyze the differences of dental and oral health knowledge before and after learning activity with andragogy approach.
Methods: The study used quasi experimental with pre post control group design. This study consisted of treatment group and control group given questionnaires before intervention (pretest) and after intervention (posttest). The population is first grade to sixth grade of homeroom teachers and health counselors of primary school in Sidoarjo District (East Java, Indonesia) from January 2016 until March 2017. Sampling was done by using simple random sampling technique with a sample size of 43 people. The study has two groups, such as treatment group and control group. Questionnaires were used for data collection and analysis was performed using paired-samples t test.
Results: The result showed that the value of P value < α (0.05). There is a difference of dental and oral health knowledge average before and after learning activity with andragogy approach (dental and oral health training). Dental and oral health training affects to dental health knowledge of homeroom teachers and health counselors.
Conclusion: Knowledge of the group of respondents who conducted dental and oral health training with andragogy approach is better than the group of respondents who were not conducted dental and oral health training with andragogy approach.
Keywords: Dental Health Training, Dental And Oral Health, Andragogy Approach
