Development of “Moroca” as a Learning Media for Reproductive Health Services in Disaster Situations

Abstract

Introduction: Due to its geographical, geological, and demographic conditions, Indonesia is facing the risks of natural disasters such as floods, landslides, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Midwives as health workers have a strategic role as providers of reproductive health services, including in disaster situations. This study aims to develop learning media for reproductive health services in a disaster situation based on the monopoly game. Methods: The research employed research and development (R&D) design. The development of learning media for reproductive health services in disaster situations is based on the monopoly game, which consists of the following steps: seeing the potential and problems, data collection, product design, validation by experts, product trials, and product revisions. Results: The learning media is named “Moroca” (Monopoli Kesehatan Reproduksi pada Situasi Bencana / Monopoly of Reproductive Health Services in Disaster Situations). Validation was carried out by two experts and the media was declared feasible and valid for use. The product trial was conducted on 22 students of Midwifery Program. The statistical test used the Wilcoxon test. The results of the analysis showed that there was a significant increase in the level of knowledge about reproductive health services in disaster situations among students after using “Moroca”. Conclusion: Learning media is needed to increase the knowledge and skill of the students. Moroca is can be used as one of the alternative media in education for midwifery students.