Open AccessPendampingan Mitigasi dan Adaptasi Perilaku Baru di Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Melalui Gerakan Masyarakat Menggunakan Masker (GEMAS), Penggunaan Antiseptik dan Desinfektan di Kabupaten Bombana, Sulawesi Tenggar
Author(s) -
_ Nuralifah,
Ruslin Ruslin,
Andi Nafisah Tendri Adjeng,
Yuni Aryani Koedoes,
Nur Fitriana Muhammad Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
engagement : jurnal pengabdian kepada masyarakat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2579-8391
pISSN - 2579-8375
DOI - 10.29062/engagement.v4i2.354
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , population , socialization , geography , community service , socioeconomics , political science , medicine , environmental health , sociology , public relations , social science , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
COVID-19 causes worldwide panic and become a global health problem so that it is declared as pandemic since December 2019. Indonesia is a country with 4th population density in the world. The level of spread of COVID-19 patients in Indonesia may be more than countries with smaller populations. South East Sulawesi has confirmed 484 of COVID-19 cases. One of the highest areas with the number of patients is Bombana Regency. The purpose of community service carried out by lecturers and students from Halu Oleo University was to strengthen the role of the people of Bombana Regency in mitigating and adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Activities in community service included education and socialization of GEMAS, antiseptics, and disinfectants which were carried out offline (door to door) and online. As well as the distribution of masks and spray hand sanitizer for free. Through this activity, it can be expected to increase public knowledge and awareness in using masks, antiseptics, and disinfectants properly to face COVID-19 pandemic.