EFEKTIVITAS PERMAINAN MONOPOLI KESEHATAN GIGI SEBAGAI MEDIA EDUKASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN PENGETAHUAN PEMELIHARAAN KESEHATAN GIGI

Abstract

Maintaining oral health as early as possible is a good initial strategy to reduce health problems. Through these activities, they will gain direct experience which significantly increases the effectiveness of their learning. The use of media that is fun and easy to understand in dental and oral health education certainly has a very important role. This study aims to determine the level of knowledge before and after counseling using monopoly game media and to assess the effectiveness of the dental health monopoly game as an educational tool in increasing knowledge of dental and oral health among South Bandung Regency students. This research used a pre-experimental design with a one-group pre-post test approach with research time from 8 am to 12 noon, using a research instrument in the form of a questionnaire. The research sample consisted of 43 students from classes V and VI who were selected using total sampling. Before the intervention, the student's knowledge level was measured at 93%. After a counseling session using the monopoly game as a learning medium, their knowledge level increased to 100%. Statistical analysis using the Wilcoxon test showed a significant effect (p = 0.000), indicating that the use of the dental and oral health monopoly game had a positive impact on students' knowledge regarding maintaining dental and oral health.