LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PUNK CHILDREN TOWARDS PERSONAL HYGIENE

Abstract

Background Backing: Personal hygiene is crucial for health, comfort, safety, and well-being, but many communities, including punk children, still lack awareness of its importance. Punk children are often viewed negatively due to their appearance and behaviors that deviate from social norms, leading to frequent health problems caused by poor hygiene. Providing education through technology-based media, such as websites, can be an effective solution to improve their knowledge and attitudes toward personal hygiene. Objective: To determine the improvement in knowledge and attitude towards personal hygiene. Method: Study This use pre-experimental design with one group pretest-posttest design approach. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling with 44 respondents, with the research instruments being a knowledge questionnaire and an attitude questionnaire. Data analysis used is the Wilcoxon Test. Results: The Wilcoxon test obtained a p-value of 0.000, indicating that personal hygiene education can improve the knowledge and attitude of punk children. Conclusion: There is influence personal hygiene education with website-based media for knowledge and attitude punk children. Ongoing education can be conducted both in groups and individually to improve health and personal hygiene, thus preventing various diseases.