Abstract:
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of health education about hand washing and
disposal of feces on the behavior of post-flood prevention of diarhea diseases in the Siak suangai
pekanbaru. The design of this study was Quasi Experimental approaches Randomized Non Pre-
Post test Control Design are divided into intervention and control group. The study was
conducted in patients who come to Puskesmsa Karya Wanita Pekanbaru with a previous history
of diarrhea. Total sample of 30 people, with 15 people the intervention and 15 control group
with the technique ofpurposive sampling. Measuring instruments in the form of a questionnaire
with 10 questions. In the intervention group were given health education about hand washing
and disposal of feces in preventing diarrhea. The analysis used univariate and bivariate analyzes
were by t test. The results showed a difference in mean scores significant knowledge between the
experimental group after being given health education control group with p = 0.000 (p <0.05).
The analysis also found that there is an increase in knowledge score given before and after
health education in the intervention group with p = 0.000 (p <0.05). It was concluded that
health education is effective against diarhea disease prevention behaviors. Health education can
be used as an intervention to shape the behavior of diarrhea disease prevention.
