HEALTH COMMUNICATION LITERACY IN PROMOTING THE HEALTHY COMMUNITY MOVEMENT AMONG INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS IN PENANG – MALAYSIA
Abstract
Indonesia has succeeded in getting through the Covid-19 Pandemic, but people still need to be alert and the most important thing is to continue implementing healthy and clean living habits. For this reason, the healthy living community movement (GERMAS) launched by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia needs to be socialized more widely and its promotion increased. The aim of this activity is to increase public health literacy through the Healthy Community Movement (GERMAS) program. The method used is socialization by integrating lecture activities, the use of audiovisual media through short YouTube videos, discussions and questions and answers about the use of online media to search for health information and increase public knowledge in implementing healthy lifestyles among Indonesian Migrant Workers on Penang Island, Malaysia. The results of the activities showed that this program was felt to be important, relevant and useful for participants with scores of 3.2 (80%) and 2.8 (70%) feeling satisfied with the overall program. Conclusion, that this community service program has a positive impact on knowledge and increasing public health literacy, that a clean and healthy lifestyle must become a culture. The community's ability to access and utilize health information needs to continue to be improved for a Healthy and Productive Indonesia. Skills in using digital media need to be improved as a preventive measure and to improve the quality of health.
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