| Summary: | Background: The program of little doctors is an effort of educational approach to
actualize hygienic and healthy life behavior of elementary school children.
Elementary school is the most effective and efficient place to improve health, thus
a training program for little doctors is created and implemented to achieve better
health status of elementary school children. Objective: The study aimed to find
out the influence of training for little doctors to knowledge, attitude, behavior and
dental and oral hygiene of little doctors as well as activities of little doctors at
Subdistrict of Wonosari Gunungkidul.
Method: Quasi-experiment study was on used one group pre-test - post-test
design. Samples consisted of 40 candidates of little doctors at Subdistrict of
Wonosari taken from 8 elementary schools. Samples determined by purposive.
Independent variable was training for little doctors and dependent variable was
knowledge, attitude, behavior, oral hygiene status of little doctors and little
doctors physician activities. Data of knowledge, attitude, behaviour aspect were
obtained from questionnainers, oral hygiene status of little doctors as measured by
PHP-M form and little doctors physician activities by cheklist. Data analysis used
paired sample t-test and chi square was used.
Result: The result of paired sample t-test and chi squqre test showed there was
significant difference in knowledge, attitude, behavior and oral and dental hygiene
before and after training of little doctors and activities of little doctors at
significance p<0.05.
Conclusion: 1) Knowledge, attitude, and behavior of little doctors were improved
after training, 2) Dental and oral hygiene of little doctors were improved after
training. 3) There was increase of little doctors' activities after training.
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