Penyuluhan Penggunaan Obat Rasional (POR) dalam Swamedikasi Kepada Masyarakat RW 18 Desa Cijengkol Kecamatan Setu Kabupaten Bekasi

Self-medication is an attempt to self-medication by the community to overcome the symptoms of the disease, without the help of health workers. Irrational management can result in various disadvantages such as medication errors due to inaccurate self-diagnosis; drug use is not appropriate because of the acquisition of incorrect information from the media; waste of time and costs; can cause unwanted drug reactions such as sensitivity, allergies, side effects or resistance. This activity was carried out with the aim to increase the understanding and knowledge of the community in RW 18 Cijengkol Village, Bekasi Regency, especially mothers about rational medicine and the provision of Dagusibu information (Get Use to Save and Dispose of medicines) in the household environment. Counseling is given by the interactive talk method. The effectiveness of counseling was tested with quasi experimental designs pre and post design. Participants were given a pre-test questionnaire, then given counseling intervention and finally given a post-test questionnaire. The observations of the activities showed that the participants were very enthusiastic about participating in the activity and the results of the data analysis showed that there was an effect of counseling in increasing knowledge about the use of rational drugs (POR) in self-medication based on the results of the paired t-test and Wilcoxon test.