UPAYA PENINGKATAN KESADARAN KEBERSIHAN DIRI PADA SISWA SD MELALUI GERAKAN MENCUCI TANGAN DAN MENYIKAT GIGI

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Personal hygiene is an effort made by someone for physical hygiene and physical health. A survey conducted by Kementrian Kesehatan Indonesia in Basic Health Research 2013 and 2018 shows the level of awareness importance healthy living in Indonesia is still low. From this case, the group of KKN Majapahit Islamic University in 2019 organizes hand washing and tooth brushing for children program in the village. By encouraging personal hygiene from the age of children, they are expected to have a healthy life to adulthood and will be asked to the next generation. Before this activity was carried out, the level of awareness about personal hygiene was still less focused in terms of handling hands and brushing teeth. After doing this activity, it can be seen an increase of 33.33% according to the needs of washing hands and 77.78% An increase in motivation to brush teeth. From these results, it can be seen that hygiene in early childhood is very effective to do. Because at that age, they are very easy to learn about good habits and applied in daily life.
Keywords: cara menyikat gigi yang benar, cuci tangan, cuci tangan dengan sabun, kesadaran kebersihan diri, sikat gigi, sikat gigi