The Effect of Socialization and Education on Protein Nutrition Knowledge in Tunas Karya Elementary School

The Effect of Socialization and Education on Protein Nutrition Knowledge in Grade 6 Students of Tunas Karya Elementary School

Mochamad Gustiar  1, Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto 2

1 Departemen Pendidikan Kepelatihan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia

2 Departemen Kimia, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia

* Corresponding Author. E-mail: mochamadgustiar@upi.edu

A B S T R A C T S

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of knowledge of 6th-grade students of Tunas Karya Elementary School about the importance of good protein nutrition for the body. The method used is a quantitative descriptive method with a sample of 12 students of grade 6 Tunas Karya Elementary School. The research was conducted in 3 stages (i) giving a questionnaire as a pretest; (ii) conducting treatment by providing education to students about the importance of good protein nutrition for the body; (iii) the researcher again gave a questionnaire as a post-test to find out if there was any progress in students understanding of the importance of protein nutrition for the body. The results of this study showed the average value of the pretest was 65.00 and the average value of the post-test was 83.33. These results indicate there is an increase in knowledge after being given treatment. The effectiveness of giving treatment in the form of socialization and education about the importance of protein nutrition for the body is significantly based on the results of the sig t-test. (2-tailed) between pretest and posttest has a value of 0.001 < 0.05 which means there is a significant development. While the results of the calculation of N-gain, it is known the average N-gain is 51% which shows socialization and education about protein nutrition knowledge to students is less effective. This is because education is only done once students do not understand the material presented. With the completion of this research, it is hoped the public will pay more attention to the importance of knowledge and intake of protein nutrition according to the needs of children's growth and development; the public can know about the benefits of consuming protein; people are more aware to consume foods contain high protein to support the child's development process.

Keywords:

elementary school students, nutrition, protein

1. Introduction 

Adequacy of nutrition and food greatly affects human intelligence and productivity and is one of the most important factors in developing the quality of human resources (Noviyanti et al. (2022). The World Health Organization (WHO) states nutrition is a major pillar of health and well-being throughout the life cycle. Efforts to improve nutritional status for the development of quality human resources must essentially start as early as possible, one of which is school children (Djamaluddin et al. 2022). Nutritional status is also defined as health status produced by a balance between nutritional needs and inputs (Beck 2000). Nutritional status is closely related to a person's cognitive intelligence.