Understanding of Young People About COVID-19 During Early Outbreak in Indonesia | Zendy

Devina Adella Halim | Zendy; Andree Kurniawan | Zendy; Fransisca Handy Agung | Zendy; Stella Angelina | Zendy; Claudia Jodhinata | Zendy; Sharleen Winata | Zendy; Frenstan | Zendy; Felix Wijovi | Zendy; Cindy Monika Agatha | Zendy

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Understanding of Young People About COVID-19 During Early Outbreak in Indonesia

Author(s) -

Devina Adella Halim,

Andree Kurniawan,

Fransisca Handy Agung,

Stella Angelina,

Claudia Jodhinata,

Sharleen Winata,

Frenstan,

Felix Wijovi,

Cindy Monika Agatha

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

asia pacific journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.572

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 1941-2479

pISSN - 1010-5395

DOI - 10.1177/1010539520940933

Subject(s) - pandemic , outbreak , social distance , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , transmission (telecommunications) , population , cross sectional study , data collection , demography , medicine , environmental health , socioeconomics , geography , disease , sociology , virology , social science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering

To control the spread of COVID-19 transmission, Indonesia government has broadcasted information about the pandemic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the understanding of young people, about COVID-19 during the early outbreak in Indonesia. An online-based cross-sectional data collection was conducted from adolescents aged 10 to 25 years, based on 10 questions regarding general COVID-19 information. There were 355 subjects from 25 out of 34 Indonesian provinces who participated in the study, with mean age of 19.93 ± 2.91 years. Better understanding was found in the female and higher-income population. Largely, the subjects got the information from social media, instead of the official government site for COVID-19. Lack of understanding about crucial preventive measures was found, such as handwashing and physical distancing. In conclusion, the participants have an overall moderate-good initial understanding toward COVID-19 during the early outbreak in Indonesia. These results can be used as baseline data for development of awareness measurement tools.

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