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helminthiasis is the second most common disease in primary school-aged children with a prevalence rate of 28.12% and is included in 11 of the 20 types of tropical diseases that are less likely to be treated in Indonesia. Efforts to prevent the infections are very important and useful for the elementary school children who still ignoring the clean and healthy lifestyle, such as children who rarely know how to wash their hands properly. To increase the knowledge level of the students, health education is needed on how to prevent helminthiasis.The aim of this study was to identify the difference of knowledge level of elementary students before and after giving health education about helminthiasis prevention toward hand washing through video and demonstration at SD Negeri 7 Peguyangan Kangin. This study employed analytical comparative design with pre-experiment approach one-shot case study. There were 48 respondents recruited as the sample of this study which were selected through total sampling technique. The data were collected by using questionnaire and analyzed statistically by using Mann-Whitney U. The result of this study showed that 12 respondents (50%) had moderate knowledge level through animation video, and 24 respondents (100%) had good knowledge level through demonstration method (p-value = 0.001). There was significance difference between animation video method and demonstration. Demonstration method was more effective used in increasing the knowledge level in preventing helminthiasis. The school committee are expected to implement demonstration method in giving health education to the students.