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Volume 14, Issue 1 (2026)
Health Educ Health Promot 2026, 14(1): 107-113 |
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Received: 2025/08/4 | Accepted: 2026/01/5 | Published: 2026/01/29
Received: 2025/08/4 | Accepted: 2026/01/5 | Published: 2026/01/29
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Amirah A, Suharto T, Aini N, Jaka Desy R, Ekowati N, Dona BR Sembiring K, et al . Effect of Life Skills Education on Preventing Household Tuberculosis Transmission in North Sumatra. Health Educ Health Promot 2026; 14 (1) :107-113
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Asriwati Amirah *1 
, Teguh Suharto , Nur Aini , Rara Jaka Desy , Neni Ekowati , Krisna Dona BR Sembiring , Azniah Syam , Melyana Malik
, Teguh Suharto , Nur Aini , Rara Jaka Desy , Neni Ekowati , Krisna Dona BR Sembiring , Azniah Syam , Melyana Malik
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Aims: Pulmonary tuberculosis disproportionately affects the productive age group and has a tendency to spread to household contacts, especially vulnerable populations like children from low socioeconomic backgrounds. This study aimed to develop a life skills education model for tuberculosis patients, employing an effective life skills education strategy to prevent tuberculosis transmission, particularly among household contacts.
Materials & Methods: This quantitative quasi-experimental study used a two-group pre-test and post-test design. The study population comprised all tuberculosis patients in the North Sumatra region. The sample included 127 patients from urban areas and 126 patients from rural areas assigned to the intervention and control groups. The non-parametric Friedman test was used to examine changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the prevention of tuberculosis transmission among household contacts. Concurrently, the Mann-Whitney test was applied to compare scores between the groups.
Findings: Post-intervention analysis revealed significant changes in attitudes for both urban and rural groups (p=0.0001), with no significant difference in the magnitude of these changes between the two areas (p>0.05). While practice scores improved significantly following the intervention (p<0.05), no significant difference in changes in practice scores was found between rural and urban areas when comparing the first and third tests (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Health education delivered via the lecture method, incorporating the life skills education module, effectively improves knowledge, attitudes, and actions in both urban and rural settings.
Materials & Methods: This quantitative quasi-experimental study used a two-group pre-test and post-test design. The study population comprised all tuberculosis patients in the North Sumatra region. The sample included 127 patients from urban areas and 126 patients from rural areas assigned to the intervention and control groups. The non-parametric Friedman test was used to examine changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the prevention of tuberculosis transmission among household contacts. Concurrently, the Mann-Whitney test was applied to compare scores between the groups.
Findings: Post-intervention analysis revealed significant changes in attitudes for both urban and rural groups (p=0.0001), with no significant difference in the magnitude of these changes between the two areas (p>0.05). While practice scores improved significantly following the intervention (p<0.05), no significant difference in changes in practice scores was found between rural and urban areas when comparing the first and third tests (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Health education delivered via the lecture method, incorporating the life skills education module, effectively improves knowledge, attitudes, and actions in both urban and rural settings.
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