Pendidikan Kesehatan melalui Pendidik Sebaya (Peer Educator) terhadap Peningkatan Pengetahuan dan Sikap dalam Pencegahan Kecelakaan Lalu Lintas pada Siswa SMA di Kota Kendari Sulawesi Tenggara
Background: Traffic safety is interrelated with roads, vehicles and drivers (people). About 50% of deaths in people of 15-44 years old is caused by traffic accident and adolescents of 15-29 years become victims of traffic accident. Therefore, adolescents need health education related to traffic acci...
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2013
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| Summary: | Background: Traffic safety is interrelated with roads, vehicles and drivers
(people). About 50% of deaths in people of 15-44 years old is caused by traffic
accident and adolescents of 15-29 years become victims of traffic accident.
Therefore, adolescents need health education related to traffic accident prevention.
Objective: The study aimed to analyze effect of health education through peer
educator to increase of the knowledge and attitude in traffic accident prevention of
senior high school students at Kendari City Southeast Sulawesi.
Method: The study was a quasi experiment with non-equivalent control group
with pre-test post-test design. Subject of the experiment group consisted of 64
people and the control group 67 people. Samples were based on purposive
sampling with certain inclusion criteria. Selection of peer educator was also based
on purposive sampling with certain inclusion criteria. Data analysis used
statistical paired t-test to identify difference in the two groups and independent t-
test to compare between knowledge and attitude of each student.
Result: Health education through peer educator had significant effect on
experiment group. The increase was not much significant but both knowledge and
attitude had significant difference in the experiment group with lecture and
discussion guided by peer educator and in the control group with lecture and
discussion.
Conclusion: Health education through peer educator increased knowledge and
attitude in traffic accident prevention of senior high school students at Kendari
City Southeast Sulawesi. |
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