Improving Healthy Living Behavior for Elementary School Children Kereng Bangkirai, Palangka Raya

要旨

Children are the most important asset in achieving the success of a country as the next generation of the nation. Elementary school age children are a critical age group because at that age they are vulnerable to health problems. Healthy living behaviour in schools is an effort to empower students, teachers, and the school community to know, want, and be able to practice Healthy living behaviour and play an active role in realizing healthy schools. Clean and healthy living behavior is also a set of behaviors that are practiced by students, teachers, and the school environment community on the basis of awareness as a result of learning, so that they can independently prevent disease, improve their health, and play an active role in creating a healthy environment. Healthy behavior in children is important to be formed from an early age with the aim of increasing understanding in implementing these healthy behaviors. Health education is one of the preventive and promotive efforts that can be done to increase awareness in healthy living behavior.