THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION USING DIGITAL COMICS ON ADOLESCENTS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BULLYING

Abstract

Bullying is one of the juvenile delinquencies that often occurs in schools. One of the factors causing bullying is a lack of knowledge. Teenagers' knowledge about bullying is still in the low category. The aim of this research is to analyze the effectiveness of health education using digital comic media on teenagers' knowledge about bullying. This research design uses a quasi-experimental design. The sample from this research was teenagers from SMK Pemuda 3 Kesamben, a total of 70 respondents with a sampling technique, namely non-probability sampling using the purposive sampling technique. The inclusion criteria for this study were teenagers in the middle phase who had an Instagram account. This research has 2 variables, namely health education using digital comic media and adolescent knowledge. The instrument used is a questionnaire. Data analysis used the Mann Whitney test, with a result of p = 0.023 for knowledge so that there was significant effectiveness between health education and digital comic media on knowledge, so this stated that there was effectiveness. The conclusion of this research is to increase teenagers' knowledge regarding bullying, this method can be used as an effective tool to increase knowledge.