HEALTH EDUCATION VIA AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ FOOD SAFETY KNOWLEDGE

Abstract

Background: Food safety is very important for every food consumed, including School Children's Snacks (PJAS). Students' awareness in choosing safe, healthy, and hygienic snacks is still low due to a lack of knowledge. One way to increase this awareness is through health education using audiovisual media (films). The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health education through audiovisual media on improving students’ knowledge of food safety. Method: The research design used in this study was quantitative pre-experimental using a one group pre-post test design research method. The population in this study was all 1,514 tenth grade students at vocational high schools in Tuban Regency, with a sample selected using cluster random sampling, resulting in a sample of 307 students. Result: The results of the study, analyzed using the Wilcoxon test with a significance level of α=<0.05, proved to increase food safety knowledge with a value of ρ= 0.000<0.05, which means that H₁ is accepted, namely that there is an effect of health education through audiovisual media (films) on students' knowledge of food safety. Conclusion : Health education through audiovisual media (films) has an impact on students' knowledge of food safety in school canteens in vocational high schools throughout Tuban Regency because this medium is more interesting, easy to understand, and able to improve students' memory.