Efektifitas Ceramah terhadap Pengetahuan Kader Kesehatan tentang Penyakit Talasemia di Kecamatan Pekuncen dan Kecamatan Sumbang Kabupaten Banyumas
ABSTRACT: One of the causes of
the ineffective preventing of Thalassemia and getting more cases in Pekuncen
and Sumbang sub district Banyumas was inadequate knowledge of the disease.
Health volunteers had an important role to the distribution of information
about thalassemia to the people. This research was aimed to observe the
effectiveness of lecture method in improving knowledge of health volunteers on
Thalassemia in Sumbang and Pekuncen sub district.
Methods: The researcher applied quasi experiment through pretest and
posttest design in her research. The population covered the active health
volunteers in Sumbang and Pekuncen Sub districts consisted of 64 people who met
the criteria. For analyzing the data, the researcher used univariate and
bivariate (Wilcoxon test).
Results and conclusion: The research showed that there was a different
knowledge before and after lecture activity, the average score of knowledge
before getting the treatment was 10.82 and it improved into 12.18 after the
lecture session. There was 60.7% volunteers that was improved their knowledge
after obtaining lecture session on thalassemia.
Penulis: Dwi Sarwani SR,
Nunung Nurhayati, Supriyanto
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd140097
