THE INFLUENCE OF NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION THROUGH COMICS ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES IN CHOOSING HEALTHY Snacks among Children at SDN 1 TRIMOHARJO, OKU TIMUR DISTRICT

Abstract

Unhealthy snacks are widely circulated in school environments and tend to have poor nutritional quality, but the majority of school children do not have enough knowledge in choosing snacks. This research aims to determine the effect of comic nutrition education on the level of knowledge and attitudes about healthy snacks in children. This research design uses designquasi experimental and pre-test and post-test with control group design. The sample for this study consisted of 58 respondents consisting of 29 respondents in the control group and 29 respondents in the experimental group. The analysis test used was the paired sample t-test with the results obtained, namely that there were differences in knowledge and attitude scores before and after the intervention in the control group (P=0,000) and in the experimental group (P=0,000). Then continued with the independent sample t-test with the results that there was a difference in knowledge scores between the control and experimental groups (P=0.023), and there was no difference in attitude scores between the control and experimental groups (P=0,816). The conclusion of this research is that there is an influence of nutrition education on the level of knowledge and attitudes about healthy snacks in children, both using comic media in the experimental group and leaflet media in the control group. Through this research, it can be suggested that comic media can be used as an alternative media for nutrition education regarding healthy snacks for elementary school age children.