ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN HAND WASHING TECHNIQUES IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH THE DEMONSTRATION METHOD

Abstract

Prevention of the spread of Covid-19 does not only need to be done in the affected areas., nursing mothers and even children and infants (Zukmadini, A.Y., Karyadi, B., & Kasrina, 2020). It can be a risk of wider transmission of COVID-19 if people cannot maintain and preserve good habits, one of which is washing hands. Preschoolers are a phase where they are able to imitate well. Teach preschool children how to wash hands properly and correctly so that it can be done every day. The demonstration method is expected to form the right attitude in hand washing techniques in preschool children.This type of research is pre-experimental with a cross sectional approach. The variable studied was hand washing technique. Data collection uses observation sheets and is obtained periodically. The number of samples in the study was 79 preschool students in the Bangkalan area. The data was processed using the Friedman test.

The results showed that before health education was given, most of the hand washing techniques in children had less criteria as many as 79 (100%) children. Furthermore, the mean in the 1st and 2nd interventions was 1, the 3rd intervention was 1.05, and the 4th intervention was 2.54. From the results of statistical tests using the Friedman test, a p value of 0.000 was obtained (p <0.05). Changes in attitude began with the 3rd and 4th interventions regarding hand washing techniques through demonstration method health education for pre-school children.