<![CDATA[Background: There is an increasing prevalence of obesity, and lack of physical activity is the cause of changes in physical activity patterns. Educating children about physical activity is necessary to increase knowledge and change their attitudes and behavior. The media that can be used is animation media. Objective: This study aims to describe the behavior and effect of animated media regarding changes in knowledge and attitudes towards physical activity for 8th-grade students. Methods: A quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group using 51 samples from JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Wahidin Cirebon and JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 220 Jakarta and proportioned stratified random sampling. The variables were knowledge and attitudes. The animation media for the control group was from the Ministry of Health, while for the intervention group was created by researchers from the Australian Government (Department of Health) (2019) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2008). The sample’s criteria included having a stable signal and Gmail, being able to use Google Meet, and filling out the pre-test and post-test. Data collection was in one day on April 22nd 2021, for Junior High School Wahidin Cirebon, and June 2nd 2021, for Junior High School 220 Jakarta using Google Form with 29 questions. Data analysis used T-Test Independent, Wilcoxon, and Mann-Whitney. Results: The average knowledge scores in control group with animated media from Ministry of Health during pre-test and post-test were 61.00 and 66.00, while intervention group with researcher’s animation media during pre-test and post-test were 69.68 and 84.52. The average scores of attitudes in control group during pre-test and post-test were 86.03 and 78.26, while intervention group during pre-test and post-test were 78.77 and 87.73. Positive behavioral descriptions for control group and intervention group were 55% and 48,4%. Conclusion: The results showed a change in knowledge and attitudes after intervention for the intervention group and the opposite for the control group. Animated media about physical activity can be used as an educational media because it has more effect on increasing knowledge and attitudes than comparison animation media. Suggestions for further research consist of adding behavioral change variables and intervention more than once during the study.]]>
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