MEDIA ULAR TANGGA MENINGKATKAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP TENTANG KEAMANAN MAKANAN JAJANAN ANAK SEKOLAH

Latar Belakang: Anak sekolah belum mengerti tentang keamanan makanan jajanan, mereka membeli jajanan menurut kesukaan mereka tanpa memikirkan bahan-bahan yang terkandung didalamnya. Pemberian edukasi gizi terhadap anak sekolah membutuhkan alat bantu untuk mempermudah penyampaian materi yaitu dengan menggunakan media permainan ular tangga. Ular tangga merupakan metode pembelajaran bermain yang cocok diterapkan pada siswi SD. Tujuan: Mengetahui peningkatan pengetahuan dan sikap siswa/i kelas 4 SD tentang keamanan makanan jajanan anak sekolah. Metode: Jenis penelitian quasy experimental dengan rancangan penelitian Pretest Posttest Control Group dengan subjek sebanyak 60 responden yaitu 30 responden kelompok perlakuan dan 30 responden kelompok kontrol. Variabel yang diteliti adalah pengetahuan dan sikap pada kelompok perlakuan dan kelompok kontrol berdasarkan nilai pre-test, post-test1, dan nilai post-test2. Pengambilan data menggunakan kuesioner yang dianalisis menggunakan Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. Hasil: Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatkan pengetahuan tentang keamanan makanan jajanan anak sekolah sebesar 22,9% dari sebelum diberikan intervensi, sedangkan sikap positif siswa/i tentang keamanan makanan jajanan anak sekolah meningkat sebesar 20% setelah diberikan intervensi. Hasil uji statistik menggunakan Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test diperoleh hasil pengetahuan dan sikap p=0,000 sehingga p<0,05 yang berartiditerima, yang artinya ada peningkatan pengetahuan dan sikap yang signifikan antara pre-test, post- test 1 dan post-test 2 sehingga permainan ular tangga berpengaruh terhadap pengetahuan dan sikap tentang keamanan makanan jajanan anak sekolah. Permainan ular tangga dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan dan sikap tentang keamanan makanan jajanan anak sekolah serta metode pembelajaran dengan permainan ular tangga dapat menjadi salah satu media yang efektif untuk menyampaikan informasi pada anak sekolahdasar.


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Background: School children do not yet understand the safety of snacks, they buy snacks according to their preferences without thinking about the ingredients contained therein. Providing nutrition education for school children requires tools to facilitate the delivery of material by using the snake ladder media. Snakes and ladders is a method of learning to play that is suitable for elementary school students. Objective: Knowing the increase in knowledge and attitudes of grade 4 elementary school students about food safety for school children. Methods: This was a quasy experimental study with a pretest posttest control group research design with 60 respondents, 30 respondents in the treatment group and 30 respondents in the control group. The variables studied were knowledge and attitudes in the treatment and control groups based on pre-test, post-test1, and post- test2 scores. Retrieval of data using a questionnaire that was analyzed using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. Results: This study showed that there was an increase in knowledge about the safety of school food snacks by 22.9% from prior to the intervention, while the positive attitude of students regarding food safety for school children increased by 20% after the intervention was given. The statistical test results using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test obtained knowledge and attitude results p = 0,000 so that p <0.05 which means H_1 is accepted, which means there is a significant increase in knowledge and attitude between pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2 so the game snakes and ladders affect the knowledge and attitudes about food safety of school children snacks. Snakes and ladders game can improve knowledge and attitudes about food safety of school children snacks and learning methods with the snakes and ladders game can be one of the effective media to convey information to elementary schoolchildren.

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