THE EFFECT OF FLASHCARD EDUCATION ON NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE CHANGES IN STUDENTS IN SDN 013 SEKUPANG

Abstract

It is critical for school children to have strong nutrition knowledge in order to avoid nutrition problems. To increase the nutrition knowledge, some nutrition education should be given to the school children. Children at school age have the characteristics of preferring to play, move, do teamwork, and experience an event directly. Through a game can make someone more relaxed and happier besides that the game can also be a tool to learn something. The purpose of this study is to find out the effectivity of flashcard as a media education for Pedoman Gizi Seimbang for students at SDN 013 Sekupang. The method of this study is quasy experiment with pretest- posttest control group design. The total of respondents is 62 people with 31 respondents per each experiment group and control group. The intervention was last for about 30 minutes by playing a game using the flashcard for the experiment group and using leaflet for the control group, and was carried out 2 times in a week. The data was analyzed with wilcoxon test and mann whitney test. The result is there is any difference of the average between before and after the intervention in experiment group and control group (p = 0,000 for experiment group) and (p = 0,021 for the control group). Conclusion : Based on wilcoxon test and mann whitney test result we can conclude that the usage of flashcard is more effective than using leaflet media to increase the knowledge of Pedoman Gizi Seimbang for student in SDN 013 Sekupang. The public health center in Sekupang expected to use flashcard as a media for the nutrition education.

Keywords: flashcard; media education; nutrition education; nutrtion knowledge