Abstract

KUSUMAWARDANI, Lita Heni; MULYONO, Sigit  and  FITRIYANI, Poppy. Improving diarrheal preventive behavior through therapeutic sociodramatic play in school-aged children. Enferm. glob. [online]. 2018, vol.17, n.51, pp.509-528.  Epub July 01, 2018. ISSN 1695-6141.  https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.17.3.304701.

Healthy and clean living behaviors among school-aged children are still relatively low, exposing them to the risk of experiencing health problems in the future, such as diarrhea. This school-age period is actually the earliest phase in which children can develop healthy behaviors, hence making this phase a strategic target for health improvements. School-aged children are in a period of concrete operational development and they require specific health education methods that can reflect real and interactive experiences. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of therapeutic sociodramatic play on diarrheal preventive behaviors among school-aged children (6-12 years). The study design was a quasi-experimental with pre- and post-tests design, involving 76 school-age children who were divided into intervention group and control group. Multistage random sampling was used to determine the research area and school where the research was conducted, while the research subject was selected using simple random sampling. The results showed that therapeutic sociodramatic play significantly affects knowledge (p value = 0.000), attitudes (p value = 0.000), and diarrheal prevention skills (p value = 0.001). The study recommends that therapeutic sociodramatic play could be applied in an effort to enhance healthy and clean living behaviors and to prevent diarrhea among school-aged children, and it could be integrated into school nursing services.

Keywords : Diarrheal prevention behavior; school-aged children; therapeutic sociodrama.

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