Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease that continues to be a global health challenge, particularly in Indonesia. Children with stunting are at a higher risk of contracting TB due to their weakened immune system caused by malnutrition. This study aims to analyze the impact of education on TB prevention in stunted children in the working area of the Kosiwo Health Center, Kepulauan Yapen Regency. The research method used was a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design, involving parents and caregivers of stunted children as respondents. Data were collected through questionnaires administered before and after the educational intervention. A total of 45 participants were selected using a total sampling method. Data were collected before and after the intervention using a validated and reliable questionnaire on children's knowledge of tuberculosis (TB), with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.946 for the TB knowledge questionnaire. The results were analyzed using the Paired T-Test, which showed that the mean knowledge score concerning TB transmission in children was 14.89 before the intervention, increasing by 9.78 points to 24.67 afterward, with a p-value of 0.000, which is below ? = 0.05.

Background: Dental and oral health problems in the community, one of which arises because of behavioral factors or attitudes of ignoring dental and oral hygiene. In Indonesia, dental and oral health problems are relatively high, based on data from the 2018 Basic Health Research that 57.6% of the Indonesian population has dental and oral health problems with 10.2% of dental health workers. Papua Province has dental and oral health problems as of 48. The lowest tooth brushing behavior in Indonesia is 54.4% from the national data of 94.7% with a ratio of dental medical personnel still very low at 8%. Methods: The design of this study used a cross-sectional study, the sample used the Probability Proportional Size sampling technique and obtained 90 respondents, and the data analysis in this study used the chi-square test. Results: Based on the results of research and discussion in this study, the distribution of respondents with knowledge of Dental and oral health with the poor category as much as 58.9%, the sufficient category 20%, and the good category as much as 21.1%, the distribution of respondents who have chewing betel nut behavior is 66.7%, and do not have betel nut chewing behavior 33.3%, and the results of the analysis using the chi-square test obtained p-value 0.000 < = 0.05. Conclusion: there is a relationship between the level of knowledge of respondents about dental and oral health with betel nut chewing behavior in the Yapen Islands Regency. It is necessary to do health promotion about dental and oral health in the Yapen Islands Regency. It can increase the knowledge and behavior of adolescent health in maintaining dental and oral health in the Yapen Islands Regency.