Effectiveness of Peer-Based Health Education With Audio-Visual Media in Enhancing Emergency Triage Competence

Emergency medical conditions require rapid and appropriate handling to prevent disability and death. One of the critical aspects of emergency management is triage. Triage aims to prioritize patient care and determine the type of intervention. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Health Education using the Peer Education Method with Audio Visual Media regarding Emergency Triage on the understanding of second-semester nursing students at STIKES Hutama Abdi Husada Tulungagung. The research design used in this study is a quasi-experimental design with a Non-equivalent Control Group Design (Pretest Posttest). The population in this study was the second-semester nursing students at STIKES Hutama Abdi Husada Tulungagung. A total of 41 respondents were selected using the Purposive Sampling method. The data processing included editing, coding, tabulating, cleaning, and was then analyzed using the non-parametric Wilcoxon sign-rank test and Mann Whitney test. From the Wilcoxon test, both methods showed a significant value of p = 0.000 < α (0.05), meaning H1 is accepted, indicating the influence of health education. The Mann-Whitney test yielded a Mean Rank of 35.43 for the Peer Education method and 47.57 for the Audio Visual method. It is evident that the Mean Rank of the Audio Visual method is higher than that of the Peer Education method. The Mann-Whitney test also showed a significance value of p = 0.019. Thus, H1 is accepted, indicating the effectiveness of health education using both methods. In conclusion, the Audio Visual method is more effective as a health education tool for improving the understanding of Emergency Triage. Therefore, the Audio Visual method is more recommended for health education to enhance students' understanding of Emergency Triage