Health Education Using Media Smart Diabetes Spinner on Knowledge and Attitudes to Prevent Diabetes Mellitus in Elementary School Students

Background: Diabetes is a disease of high blood sugar levels (Hypoglycemia) due to abnormalities in insulin secretion. Diabetes mellitus claims millions of lives from various parts of the world because its complications are not treated properly. One important component to reduce the risk of complications in diabetes is prevention. One way to prevent diabetes mellitus is to use media smart diabetes spinner. This study aims to determine the effect of health education using media smart diabetes spinner on knowledge and attitudes in preventing diabetes mellitus in children at SDN 149/IV Jambi City. Method: This type of research is quantitative with a pre-experiment research design, and a One group pre-test and post-test research design. The sample was taken using total sampling with a total of 34 respondents. Data analysis used the Shapiro Wilk test and the Wilcoxon signed rank test because the research respondents were ≤ 50 respondents. Result: The average score for diabetes mellitus knowledge pre-test was 4.03 and post-test 8.32 and diabetes mellitus attitude pre-test 4.09 and post-test 8.21. The results of the study stated that there was a difference in the increase in diabetes mellitus knowledge and attitude scores given health education using media smart diabetes spinner with statistical test results with a value of 0.000>05 (CI: 95%). Conclusion: There is a difference between knowledge and attitudes for the pretest and posttest so that there is an influence of health education with media smart diabetes spinner in preventing diabetes mellitus on the knowledge and attitudes of children at SDN 149/IV Jambi City.