DIARY BOOK MEDIA FOR MONITORING THE TEETH BRUSHING ACTION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Background: Indonesian population who brushed their teeth correctly twice a day is only 2.8 %.This shows that education about brushing teeth must start early.  The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an impact of education using diary book media on the correct action of brushing teeth on elementary school students.

Methods: The research design used was quasi-experimental with non- equivalent control group design. Interventions were given to elementary students in one school, and another school was used as a control group. Intervention activities carried out on the students are education using the correct diary or brushing diary. Analysis of the data used is a comparative test with a statistical t-test independent t-test, which aims to find out the average value difference between the group with the intervention and the group that did not get the intervention in the form of a diary media use or rubbing diary tooth

Result: The result is that there are differences in the actions of students who brush their teeth correctly in the group that gets the intervention and those who do not get the educational intervention using the media of the tooth brushing diary book. There is a difference in the correct action of brushing teeth between students before and after getting an educational intervention using a tooth brushing diary book.

Conclusion: School-age children are a time of imagination, creativity, and storytelling. So the diary or diary is very suitable as an educational medium in the effort to change behavior in introducing the way to maintain health of the teeth.

Keyword: Diary Book, Teeth Brushing Action, Students