Efektivitas Penyuluhan Daring Terhadap Peningkatan Pengetahuan Kesehatan Gigi Dan Mulut Pada Anak Usia Prasekolah Di TK Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal (ABA) 1 Jember

Abstract

Dental and oral health can describe physical, psychological, and social conditions and play an important role in the quality of life. Jember Regency has dental and oral health problems, the proportion reaches a percentage figure above 60%, while those who receive treatment related to dental and oral problems range below 10%. This shows that the dental and oral health problems of the people in Jember Regency are very serious. Children of preschool age as a subject of research because the increase in knowledge about dental and oral health is obligatory to begin from the earliest possible age because preschoolers are an important aspect that regulates the further growth of teeth. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced all components of society to be adaptive to all forms of change, one of which is community activities that have become limited. Counseling, which is usually done face-to-face, has turned into online counseling. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of online counseling on increasing dental and oral health knowledge in preschool-aged children. This study was conducted on 79 students of TK ABA 1 Jember as a sample. The type of research used in Pre-Experimental research with a onegroup pre- test post-test design research design which is an experimental study that does not use a comparison group (control). The data from the study were then analyzed using a nonparametric statistical test, namely the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. The results showed that there were significant differences in respondents' knowledge before and after online counseling was carried out. The conclusion of this study is that there are differences in the average value before and after online counseling with the storytelling method.