09 September 2024
Fenny Julistine Tarigan
Medan - Education is very necessary to improve mental health literacy among teenagers. Lack of mental health literacy causes teenagers to be unaware of the signs of mental health problems and not know how to seek help.
"Education using flash cards as a medium of socialization is one interesting way to improve literature among teenagers," said the Head of the Community Service Team from the Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Dr. Wardiyah Daulay, S.Kep., Ns., M.Kep, Tuesday (25/6) delivered the results of the community service that had been carried out on Monday (17/6) at PAB 9 Private Middle School, Kamis V Kebun which carried the theme "Using Flashcards as a Socialization Media to Improve Mental Health Literacy among Adolescents in Klambir Lima Kebun Village".
According to Dr. Wardiyah Daulay, S.Kep., Ns., M.Kep, in the community service funded by Non-PNBP Universitas Sumatera Utara for the 2024 Fiscal Year, and in its implementation was assisted by members who are also Lecturers at the USU Faculty of Nursing Mahnum Lailan Nasution, S.Kep., Ns., M.Kep and assisted by four USU Faculty of Nursing students, the first activity carried out was to make attractive, innovative and easy-to-understand flash cards.
"Then printed and packaged in a simple and simple box. After the flash cards were available, the community service team visited the Head of Klambir V Kebun Village and the Principal of PAB 9 Private Middle School to identify teenagers according to the established criteria," he explained, then added that in its implementation, the community service went smoothly. And assisted by the Principal and teachers at PAB 9 Private Middle School.
He said, the first stage of the community service team conducted a pretest on students to measure adolescent literacy about mental health. Continued by educating in general about mental health in adolescents and continued by providing assistance on how to use flash cards. "The last stage was conducting a post-test to measure whether there was an increase in knowledge and skills about mental health after being given education through simple and interesting media," explained Wardiyah.
After the activity, adolescents felt the benefits. Proven by increasing adolescent literacy about mental health. Knowledge and skills provided through simple and interesting media were able to increase adolescent literacy about adolescent mental health.
"The use of flashcards can be an effective method to improve literacy. With the right community service method, flashcards can be accessed by more teenagers and provide significant benefits for improving mental health literacy," said Wardiyah.
Flashcards are a health education media that combines text elements and image elements so that it is an effective and interesting educational media. Education provided through flashcards has been shown to be able to improve adolescent literacy regarding adolescent mental health. The use of flashcards can be an effective method to improve literacy.
Wardiyah said that the community service was carried out as an implementation of the tridharma of higher education involving the community service team and involving students. So that this activity can also be used to support the main performance indicators of higher education, especially involving lecturers and students outside the campus. This community service activity is also one of the activities that can directly help the community in overcoming mental health problems in accordance with the global agreement on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to the world action plan which aims to end poverty, reduce inequality and protect the environment. Especially goal 3, namely, a healthy and prosperous life (good health and well-being), ensuring a healthy life and improving the welfare of all residents of all ages. In this case, it is mental health in adolescents.
Source: https://analisadaily.com/berita/baca/2024/06/25/1053447/tingkatkan-literatur-kesehatan-mental-dosen-edukasi-remaja- melalui-flash-cards/
