THE EFFECT OF SEXUAL EDUCATION USING SNAKE AND LADDER MEDIA ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN PREVENTING SEXUAL ABUSE IN TUBAN
Iqlima Dwi Kurnia, Novia Tri Handika, Yuni Sufyanti Arief, Ilya Krisnana

Faculty of Nursing Universitas Airlangga

Abstract

Introduction: Sexual abuse of children in Indonesia is still high and society considers it taboo to provide sexual education from an early age, so children do not get sufficient knowledge and children are at risk of experiencing sexual violence. The purpose of this study is to explain the effect of sexual education using snakes and ladders media in efforts to prevent sexual abuse in elementary school children

Methods: The research design used was quasy experimental pre-post test control group design. The study was conducted at an elementary school in Tuban with a sample of 92 respondents using a proportionate random sampling technique that met the inclusion criteria and 36 for the intervention group and 56 for the control group. The research instrument used was the Child Knowledge Abuse Questionnaire (CKAQ) and an attitude questionnaire. The data that has been collected is tested statistically using the Wilcoxon Rank Test and the Mann-Whitney Test with a significance value of &#945- &#8804- 0.05

Results: The results showed that snakes and ladders media increased school-age children^s knowledge (p=0.000) and attitudes (p=0.000) in preventing sexual abuse

Conclusion: Sexual education delivered through the medium of snakes and ladders can help increase children^s knowledge and attitudes in an effort to prevent sexual violence. Therefore, snakes and ladders media can be used as an alternative in entertaining health education in schools for further research.

Keywords: Media snakes and ladders, sexual abuse, children, knowledge, attitudes

Topic: Nursing care