Social Media Line As A Health Promotion Media Of Adolescents Oral Hygiene
Dientyah Nur Anggina (a*), Putri Erlyn (a)

a) Faculty of Medicine University of Muhammadiyah Palembang
* drg.dientdita[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Problems related to adolescent^s oral hygiene are generally due to lack of information, understanding and awareness to maintain good oral hygiene. Riset Kesehatan Dasar results in 2018 showed 55.6% of adolescents aged 10-14 years and 51.9% of adolescents aged 15-19 years suffered from oral health diseases. The majority of social media users in Indonesia are adolescent, the provision of health information through social media Line can be used as a promotion media of adolescent^s oral hygiene. To determine the effectiveness of social media ^Line^ for promoting adolescents^ oral hygiene. This quasi experimental research, using the intervention group and the control group (nonequivalent control group design). The research sample were students of SMP IT Al Furqon Palembang many as 46 students. Instruments used in the form of a questionnaire and OHI-S index. Analysis data was processed using Wilcoxon test and Independent t-test. Wilcoxon test showed there were differences in the improvement of knowledge level (p=0.007) and OHI-S index (p=0.005) before and after intervention using social media Line. Independent t-test showed there were differences in the improvement of knowledge level (p=0.001) and OHI-S index (p=0.001) between the intervention group and the control group. So it can be concluded that there were the effect of social media Line as a health promotion media in the improvement of knowledge level and OHI-S index in adolescent.

Keywords: health promotion media- adolescent oral hygiene- social media

Topic: Oral and Dental Health