Research Article
Health Education for Hamlet Heads: Initiation of Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Community
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-11-2024.2354606, author={Deden Iwan Setiawan and Desty Ervira Puspaningtyas}, title={Health Education for Hamlet Heads: Initiation of Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Community}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology and Health Issues, ICoPHI 2024, 2 November 2024, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICOPHI}, year={2025}, month={2}, keywords={health education; health problem; knowledge; non-communicable diseases}, doi={10.4108/eai.2-11-2024.2354606} }- Deden Iwan Setiawan
Desty Ervira Puspaningtyas
Year: 2025
Health Education for Hamlet Heads: Initiation of Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Community
ICOPHI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-11-2024.2354606
Abstract
Throughout the world, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become one of the biggest health problems of the 21st century. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death in Indonesia. In addition, NCDs contribute to Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) lost due to the increase in death and disability rates related to NCDs. Health education is needed to increase public awareness of the incidence of NCDs. This quasi-experimental study with a pre-post design aims to examine the effectiveness of health education in increasing knowledge related to NCDs in 16 hamlet heads. This study was conducted in July 2024 in Sitimulyo District to all hamlet heads. The education provided is related to preventing NCDs, especially hypertension, diabetes mellitus, stroke, and coronary heart disease. The Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test with an alpha of 5% was used to determine the effectiveness of providing education. The minimum-maximum score before education is 20-100, and after education the minimum-maximum score is 60-100 with the average score after education (72.6) being higher than before education (63.8) and there is no difference in median (60) with p=0.159. Although the health education provided was able to increase the minimum and average score of hamlet heads’ knowledge before and after education, this increase was not significant.
