DEVELOPMENT OF THE SNAKES AND LADDERS GAME AS AN EFFORT TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SMOKING AMONG ELEMENTARY SHCOOL STUDENTS AT ORO-ORO DOWO MALANG
Nurnaningsih Herya Ulfah*1, Windi Chusniah Rachmawati 2, Novita Rizky Ramadhani3.

1Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
2Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
3Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia

Abstract

The trend of smoking behavior has reached the children^s age group. Smoking behavior in this group is based on a lack of information about the dangers of chemicals in cigarettes. Cigarettes can cause nicotine to accumulate in the brain, as a result, children who smoke can lose motivation, decrease concentration, and weaken memory. It was found that 2,859 children in Malang City were active smokers. The health promotion media developed in this research is in the form of a snakes and ladders game with specifications obtained from the results of a preliminary study at Oro-Oro Dowo Elementary School, Malang City. This research was carried out to determine the effectiveness of the Snakes and Ladders game as a health promotion medium regarding the dangers of smoking behavior. This type of research is R&D, with one group pretest and posttest trials. The subjects needed in this research are media experts, material experts, and students aged 9-13 years as research samples. The average result of increasing knowledge was obtained with a value of 0.000 using the Wilcoxon test so that there was a difference in the average knowledge value in the pretest and posttest data. The results of the feasibility test obtained scores of 90,91%, 92,71%, and 81.28% so the assessment category was very feasible. Game media is effective and very suitable as a health promotion media to promote the dangers of smoking in children.

Keywords: snakes and ladders- danger of cigarette- health education

Topic: Sports Science (sport nutrition, sports biomechanics)