The Influence of Training on the Knowledge Level of Larva Monitoring Students in Three Elementary Schools in Kutaraja District, Banda Aceh

Community involvement that included students to participate in DHF control is a valuable effort in reducing the burden of disease. The study was conducted to assess the effect trained on knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue and its association among students called larva monitoring students in Banda Aceh Municipality from July-October, 2018. A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was carried out involving 90 students in three elementary schools in Kutaraja sub-district, Banda Aceh, (SDN 6, SDN 17, and SDN 70) that was chosen by purposive sampling technique. The training was held on September 12-14, 2018. The training activities used PowerPoint presentations, videos, and microscopes to see the morphology of Aedes mosquito larvae as the training media. Training materials include preventing DHF with 3M Plus and PSN. Training methods that were carried out were lectures, discussions, and practices to see the morphology of mosquito larvae. Data were analyzed using independent sample t-test, paired t-test. There was a significant correlation between the knowledge of the training of elementary school students before and after training (p = 0.000). That intervention was successful in increasing the knowledge level of larva monitoring students (Sismantik).