Achmad Wahdi, Moh. Alimansur , Devangga Darma Karingga, Dewi Retno Puspitosari, Erik Irham Lutfi

VIDEO EDUKASI MELALUI WHATSAPP UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PENGETAHUAN TENTANG PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN PASIEN TUBERKULOSIS

Introduction

Video edukasi melalui whatsapp untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan tentang pencegahan penularan pasien tuberkulosis. Video edukasi via WhatsApp efektif tingkatkan pengetahuan pasien TB tentang pencegahan penularan. Studi ini tunjukkan potensi edukasi kesehatan digital di Indonesia.

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in Indonesia, including in Kediri District, where the number of cases continues to increase. Limited knowledge among patients, families, and communities regarding TB transmission prevention contributes significantly to ongoing spread. Advances in communication technology—particularly the widespread use of WhatsApp—provide new opportunities for delivering health education in an accessible, efficient, and sustainable manner. This community service program aimed to improve tuberculosis patients’ knowledge about TB transmission prevention through direct counseling and the distribution of educational videos via WhatsApp. The intervention was conducted at Ngasem Public Health Center (Puskesmas Ngasem), involving 30 TB patients as participants. The activity included preparation, face-to-face counseling, distribution of educational videos over five consecutive days, and evaluation using pre-test and post-test questionnaires delivered online. Analysis revealed a significant increase in participants’ knowledge after the intervention, indicated by a p-value of 0.000. These results confirm the effectiveness of WhatsApp as a health education medium capable of reinforcing understanding through repeated exposure to content, clear visual explanations, and ease of access. Furthermore, WhatsApp enables flexible two-way communication between health workers and patients, supporting continuous guidance and clarification. In conclusion, WhatsApp-based video education represents an effective strategy for improving knowledge of TB transmission prevention and holds strong potential for broader and sustained implementation within community health programs.

Review

This community service program effectively demonstrates the utility of WhatsApp-based video education in enhancing knowledge about tuberculosis (TB) transmission prevention among patients in the Kediri District of Indonesia. The authors successfully employed a mixed-method approach involving direct counseling and a five-day distribution of educational videos, culminating in a significant increase in participant knowledge as evidenced by a compelling p-value of 0.000 from pre-test and post-test assessments. The intervention highlights WhatsApp's strengths as an accessible, efficient, and potentially sustainable medium for health education, leveraging visual content and facilitating flexible two-way communication, which is crucial for reinforcing understanding and providing ongoing support in public health initiatives. While the study presents a promising intervention, the abstract could benefit from greater methodological detail to strengthen its impact. Information regarding the development and validation of the educational videos, the specific content covered, and the psychometric properties of the knowledge questionnaires would enhance the rigor of the findings. Furthermore, the absence of a control group makes it challenging to isolate the specific impact of the WhatsApp videos versus the initial face-to-face counseling component. Future research could explore the independent contribution of each intervention arm, and provide a deeper demographic profile of the 30 participants, including their baseline WhatsApp literacy or access, to better contextualize the generalizability of these positive results. In conclusion, this paper provides valuable evidence for the effectiveness of leveraging popular communication platforms like WhatsApp for targeted health education, particularly in regions burdened by diseases such as TB. The findings strongly suggest that this approach holds significant potential for broader and sustained implementation within community health programs to combat prevalent health issues. Future studies building upon this foundation should consider long-term knowledge retention, cost-effectiveness analysis, and comparative studies with other educational modalities to fully ascertain the intervention's enduring impact and optimal application in diverse settings.

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