PENGARUH HEALTH EDUCATION METODE DEMONTRASI TERHADAP KESIAPSIAGAAN MASYARAKAT DALAM MENGHADAPI BENCANA BANJIR

Abstract

Disaster preparedness would be needed by people who were left behind in flood-prone areas, because of various information about flood disasters could minimize the risk of flood disasters. The lack of flood disaster preparedness was because many people and village officials have never attended flood disaster counseling. This study purpose was to know the influence of health education with demonstration method on flood preparedness in the community at Banyulegi Village, Dawarblandong District, Mojokerto Regency. Design of this study was Pre-experimental study with one group pretest-post test design approach. The population in this study was all heads of families aged 20-50 years in RW 4, Balong Hamlet, Banyulegi Village, Dawarblandong District, Mojokerto Regency, as many as 358 families. The sampling technique of this study was simple random sampling. The sample size was 36 people. The study instrument used SAP and questionnaires. Data analysis used Wilcoxon test. The results of this study suggested that almost all respondents were ready to face flood disasters before being given health education with demonstration method, as many as 32 people (88.9%), and almost all respondents are very ready to face flood disaster after being given health education demonstration method, as many as 28 people (77,8%). The results of the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test suggested that pvalue = 0.000 so H1 was accepted, meaning that there was effect of health education with demonstration methods on flood preparedness in the community in Balong Hamlet, Banyulegi Village, Dawarblandong District, Mojokerto Regency. The community experienced an increase in their preparedness to face floods after being given health education with demonstration methods. This was because the community had received education on how to carry out good emergency response plan and mobilized resources to deal with floods