Pengaruh pendidikan kesehatan melalui short message service (sms) dan booklet tentang obesitas pada remaja overweight dan obesitas
Abstract: Adolescent is an
important period to be considered because it is a transition period between
children and adult. Nutrition problem in an adolescent is while the decline of
physical activity, teenage generally have a big appetite, hence, they often
look for additional food. The majority of diet that teenage like are an energy
dense, sweet, and high-fat foods, which could have a risk of causing overweight
and obesity if consumed excessively. Therefore, one of the efforts to overcome
the nutrition problem is given a health education to teenage.
Objective: To seek for the effect of health education by short message
service (SMS) and a booklet about obesity on knowledge and body mass index
(BMI) in an overweight and obese adolescent.
Method: This study used a quasi-experiment with pre-test and post-test
design. The subject were 105 respondents of overweight and obese senior high
school students. The data were analyze used a paired t-test and ANOVA with
p=0.05 and CI=95%.
Results: Health education by SMS, booklet and the combination of SMS and
booklet had a significant effect statistically (p<0.05) on knowledge in an
overweight and obese adolescent. The combination of SMS and booklet had a
significant effect statistically on BMI. The result of ANOVA in knowledge
variable showed that combination of SMS and booklet group is more effective
than other groups. Whereas health education of BMI variable by SMS, booklet, and
the combination of SMS and booklet were not effective (p>0.05) to reduce BMI
in an overweight and obese adolescent.
Conclusion: Health education by SMS, booklet, and combination of SMS and
booklet have an effect on increasing the knowledge in overweight and obese
adolescent, whereas on BMI, only SMS and booklet have an effect on reducing
BMI.
Keywords: body mass index
(BMI); booklet; knowledge; obesity; short message service (sms)
Penulis: Usi Lanita
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd150765
