dc.description.abstract | School children become one of the most vulnerable groups to health problems due to environmental
factors and poor lifestyles, so they need for a strong support from the environment in the formation of Clean
and Healthy Behavior (PHBS) among school children. The methods and props used in health promotion need
to be given careful attention, so that the material or ingredients can easily accepted, assimilated and
absorbed by the target. The PHBS pocketbook in school is one of publication media of health promotion
which had been through expert test and late published, but the PHBS pocketbook in school has not done
effectiveness test to the target audiences. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of PHBS pocketbook
in schools in improving knowledge, attitudes and intentions of PHBS in primary school children. This
research was a real experimental study used Pretest Posttest design with control group conducted in SDN
Krembangan Selatan 10, SDN Perak Barat 6 and SDN Kemayoran 1. The results of this study indicate that
the value of knowledge, attitude and intention are better after the intervention had given to the experimental
group A through the PHBS pocketbook in school and counseling, as well as experiment group B through the
PHBS pocketbook in school, while the control group has the same value because no intervention was done.
PHBS pocketbook media in those school proved able to increase knowledge, attitude and intention in clean
and healthy life behavior in elementary school children. | en_US |