EFFECTIVENESS OF ANDROID-BASED MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION MEDIA IN IMPROVING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND REDUCING STIGMA TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISORDERS (ODGJ)

Mental disorders are serious health issues due to their increasing prevalence and chronic nature, requiring long recovery times. Societal stigma significantly hinders effective treatment, early detection, accurate diagnosis, and proper management, worsening the conditions. One of them uses device technology in the form of an application. This research aims to determine the effectiveness of Android-based mental health education media in increasing public knowledge and stigma towards People with Mental Disorders (ODGJ) in the RW 16 Community in the Umbansari Community Health Center working area. This research design uses a one-group pretest-posttest design without control. The sample for this research was taken by purposive sampling with a total of 60 respondents. The research results showed that there was an increase in respondents' knowledge before and after being given educational media with an average difference of 5.85 and for community stigma there was an increase with a difference of 15.38, which means that community stigma was positive with a P value < 0.005 . Based on the results of this research, it shows the effectiveness of Android-based mental health education media in increasing public knowledge and stigma towards People with Mental Disorders (ODGJ). Based on the research results, it is suggested that Android application media can be recommended as an educational medium that can provide understanding to the public in overcoming the problem of public stigma towards ODGJ.