Edukasi Kesehatan Sebagai Upaya Cegah Penyakit Infeksi Pada Anak

Worms are one of the most common infectious diseases in children. Worm disease is transmitted through food, especially food that has been contaminated with worm eggs. The community service activities are aimed at increasing the knowledge and understanding of school children, as part of an effort to prevent and reduce the prevalence of intestinal worms in children. The service activity begins with distributing pre-test sheets to be filled in by students, this is done to determine the level of students' initial knowledge and understanding of the material to be delivered. Health education efforts are carried out by providing counseling to students regarding clean and healthy lifestyles as well as intestinal worms and prevention efforts. After the counseling was carried out, the team then carried out a post test, to measure students' understanding regarding the material for a clean and healthy lifestyle and intestinal worms. The results of the post test conducted showed an increase in students' knowledge

Peningkatan Pengetahuan Gizi Pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri Tanah Putih Sebagai Upaya Pencegahan Malnutrisi

Children are an integral part of national development. In the future children will play a role as the next generation of the nation that determines its quality. School-age is a phase where growth and development occur very quickly, to be able to achieve optimal growth and development, an adequate intake of nutrients is necessary. However, the fulfillment of nutrients in this age group is often not properly met. This condition happens because of many factors, one of them is that children have a low level of knowledge and understanding about nutrition. The nutrition counseling activity was attended by 80 students. The activities are effective in increasing children’s knowledge and understanding of the importance of balanced nutrition. If the material was presented in an interesting form, accompanied by animated video, it will increase the enthusiasm of students in receiving information. In addition, the existence of a balanced nutrition pocket book for students helped them to understand the importance of balanced nutrition