Qin, Axel Lee Wye
Jurusan Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat Fakultas Ilmu Keolahragaan

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Children’s Safety Education Model through Child-Friendly Games Widowati, Evi; Hendriyani, Rulita; Nugroho, Efa; Qin, Axel Lee Wye
KEMAS: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Vol 14, No 2 (2018)
Publisher : Department of Public Health, Faculty of Sport Science, Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/kemas.v14i2.14705

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Children are vulnerable to potential hazards from their environment because of theircognitive, psychological and social developments are in immature stages. Formal educationis still lacking in teaching safety concepts for children, hence a fun educationalmedia for children is needed so that children can learn through child-friendly educativegames. Because of that develop a fun child safety education model is important toimprove children’s knowledge on the importance of safety, so that children can easilyunderstand how to implement safety values in their life. We used Research and Development(R&D) level 1 design to develop children’s safety education game, which consistedof five stages, started from the data collection up to assess the product effectiveness. Theresult was a “snake and ladders of safety” game as safety education media for children.We presented 12 pictures in “snake and ladders of safety” game. This research was conductedon year 2017. Based on the game evaluation, the highest average pretest scorewas 37.9 and the average posttest score increased to 65.5, hence there was an increase ofknowledge on safety by 73.1%. It can be concluded that this game can increase children’sknowledge on safety.