Abstract
One of the factors causing dental caries is the lack of children's knowledge resulting in a lack of awareness of children maintaining dental hygiene. To increase children's knowledge can promote dental health through child oral health education and mouth. The use of media is still less effective in health education that has been running. Therefore the need for innovation and development is to use media innovation "Heni's Dental Flannel Book." The study aimed to develop "Heni's Dental Flannel Book" media as a health education book and the effectiveness "Heni's Dental Flannel Book" for increasing the dental health care of Early Childhood Education Programs. Research and Development (R & D), there are ten stages of research, namely: information gathering, design models, validation expert, revision, product trial (Pre experiment with one group pre-test post-test, a sample of 15 children), modification, application trial (Quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test nonequivalent control group design, a sample of 20 children in the intervention group and 20 children in the control group, final product revision, production of a product. Data were tested using ANOVA, Shapiro Wilk, Wilcoxon test, Mann-Whitney test. "Heni's Dental Flannel Book" is useful as an effort to increase dental and oral health care for Early Childhood Education Programs, as indicated by a p-value<0.001. Children's knowledge is characterized by a p-value<0.000, a child's attitude is shown by a p-value <0.000. There is a difference in the effectiveness of smart dental books and flipchart in increased dental and oral health care for children with a p-value of <0.000. “Heni’s Dental Flannel Book” effectively improve children's knowledge and attitudes
Highlights
Good oral health can be defined as the fit of the dental and oral cavities
The result data from information gathering is used to design the "Heni Dental Flannel Book" media that is adapted to the needs of learning methods and media for children
The results showed that children's attitude was higher after receiving Heni's Dental Flannel Book than before receiving the program
Summary
Good oral health can be defined as the fit of the dental and oral cavities. Healthy oral is free from oral diseases, throat cancer, mouth sores, periodontal/gum tissue diseases, and disorders in biting, chewing, speaking, and psycho-social well-being that can interfere with daily life activities[1]. The result data from information gathering is used to design the "Heni Dental Flannel Book" media that is adapted to the needs of learning methods and media for children. The product in the form of media "Heni Dental Flannel Book" is the output of learning methods and dental health media in Early Childhood Education Programs. Design Products / Models The findings in the field-collected at the preliminary stage of the researchers designed and developed products in the form of dental health education media that can help overcome problems in implementing dental health education for early childhood education This "Here's Dental Flannel Book" contains material including the characteristics of healthy teeth, various forms of teeth, due to not brushing teeth, children's good habits about children's dental and oral health, bad habits, children's puzzles, and how to brush their teeth correctly
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