The Effect of Health Education Through the Direct Demonstration Method on Handwashing Skills Among School-Age Children at SDN 115/III Tanjung Genting, Kerinci Regency, in 2025

Abstract

Many diseases that are the cause of death are caused by unclean and unhealthy behavior such as malaria, diarrhea, typhus abdominalis, dengue fever, worms, skin diseases, malnutrition, bird flu, and even swine flu which is now quite shocking to the world. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health education through direct demonstration methods on hand washing skills in school-age children. This study is a quantitative study with a Pre-Experimental research design, namely with a one-group pre-test-post-test design approach). The population in this study were all students from grades IV-VI at SDN 115/III Tanjung Genting in 2025 as many as 20 people. The sampling technique used in this study was the Total Sampling technique with a sample of 20 people who met the inclusion criteria. This research was conducted at SDN 115/III Tanjung Genting, Kerinci Regency, Jambi Province, from January to June 2025. The results obtained an average of 17 (85.0%) respondents with poor handwashing skills in school-age children before being given health education through direct demonstration methods, while after an average of 19 (95.0%) respondents with good handwashing skills in school-age children, with a p-value = 0.000 (p≤0.05). The conclusion of the study shows that there is an effect of health education through direct demonstration methods on handwashing skills in school-age children. The researcher's suggestion from the results of the study can be applied to health workers in providing health education through direct demonstration methods on handwashing skills in school-age children so that children will be protected from diseases caused by microorganisms.