Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions Of Public Health Students to be Health Educators to Prevent Stunting Nabilah Musyarrofah (a*), Febrianti (a)
(a) Public Health Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University
Jalan Kertamukti No. 4, Pisangan, Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan City, Banten, Indonesia
*nabilah.musyarrofah[at]gmail.com
Abstract
Efforts to deal with stunting can be done through changing people^s behavior through health education activities. Public health students have the ability to provide health education to the community. This study aimes to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and intentions of students as health educators to prevent the risk of stunting. This research is a descriptive quantitative research. The sample in this study were 87 students of the public health study program. Data were collected through an online google form questionnaire. The data analysis used in this research is univariate analysis. The results showed that many students answered incorrectly questions about the definition of stunting (57.5%) and the risk factor for stunting related to the standard of antenatal care visits (62.1%). Students had low self-confidence as health educators (52.9%). Most of them intended to become health educators when they are students, when they graduate and work in the health sector (27%). Therefore, it is necessary to increase the knowledge, attitudes, and intentions of students as health educators through audio-visual learning methods, brainstorming, self-concept understanding, and communication skills through peer groups.
