The Effectiveness of Health Education on Increasing Family Knowledge about hypertension

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of health education on increasing family knowledge about hypertension in the working area of the Ngaliyan Health Center. The design of this study was a quasi-experimental one group pretest-posttest design. The number of samples as many as 40 families taken using purposive sampling technique and has met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The research data is the level of family knowledge about hypertension. Data analysis used bivariate analysis using the dependent T test. The results showed that after counseling there was an increase in family knowledge about hypertension (p value = 0.000). It is expected that health workers, especially nurses in the working area of the Ngaliyan Health Center, are expected to make home visits to conduct counseling to increase public knowledge, especially families about hypertension. It was concluded that health education was effective in increasing family knowledge about hypertension.