Community-Based Screening and Health Education on Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors Among High School Students
Abstract
This community service program aimed to identify NCD risk factors and improve students’ knowledge of healthy lifestyles through screening and health education activities. The program was conducted at SMA Muhammadiyah 5 Kisaran, Asahan Regency, North Sumatra, involving 300 students. Activities included food recall assessment, physical activity screening, smoking behavior assessment, anthropometric measurements, health education, and individual counseling. The findings showed that 52.7% of students had moderate dietary habits, while 27.3% demonstrated poor dietary patterns. Moderate physical activity levels were observed in 54.0% of participants, whereas 26.0% had low physical activity. Most respondents were non-smokers (79.3%), although 12.7% had experimented with smoking and 8.0% were current smokers. NCD risk screening revealed that 44.7% of participants were at moderate risk and 18.6% at high risk. Following the intervention, the mean knowledge score increased from 61.8 to 85.6, with a mean difference of 23.8 points. High participant satisfaction and engagement indicated that school-based health promotion effectively supports early NCD prevention among adolescents. This program contributes as a model for the implementation of NCD risk factor screening and school-based health education that can be replicated as a promotive and preventive effort to improve healthy living behaviors in adolescents.
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