Effect of providing counseling on efforts to prevent degenerative diseases on clean and healthy living behaviors in school settings for adolescents at SMK I Sumbawa

Abstract

Degenerative disease is a disease that arises due to the deterioration of organ function due to the aging process and is one of the biggest causes of death in the world, causing 60% of deaths and 40% of the global disease burden. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 17 million people are dying from degenerative diseases every year (Departemen Kesehatan RI, 2005). Efforts to increase clean and healthy living behavior in adolescents require counseling to adolescents, especially regarding various kinds of degenerative diseases and prevention efforts that must be done. The preliminary study conducted by the researcher is that out of 50 students at SMK 1 Sumbawa, it is known that 45 class XI students have never received counseling/knowledge about degenerative diseases, and 35 of them have a negative lifestyle, including often eating instant noodles, fried snacks, etc. (SMK 1 Sumbawa, 2023). The method used was pre-experimental, namely one group pretest-posttest design. This study aims to determine the effect of providing counseling on efforts to prevent degenerative diseases on clean and healthy living behavior in school settings in adolescents at SMK I Sumbawa. The location of data collection was carried out at SMK1 Sumbawa.