Resumen de The roles of health-promoting media in the clean and healthy living behavior of elementary school students

Titin Nasiatin, Wiwik Eko Pertiwi, Dina Lusiana Setyowati, Sukri Palutturi

• Objective Clean and healthy living behavior (CHLB) habituation in elementary-school-age children can be influenced by a variety of factors, including exposure to health-promoting media, parents’ and teachers’ roles in children's CHLB.

  Method This research was conducted from February through August of 2019 at all elementary schools in the northern area of Kramatwatu District, with a sample of 170 fifth graders enrolled by the purposive sampling technique. This research employed a cross-sectional design with a bivariate analysis.

  Results Results showed that 45.3% of the respondents possessed good CHLB. There were significant relationships of exposure to health-promoting media, parents’ role, teachers’ role to CHLB in fifth graders.

  Conclusions Facility and infrastructure availability becomes a driving factor in behavioral change.