Open AccessCommunity-Based Health Education Improve Knowledge and Attitudes of COVID-19 Prevention
Author(s) -
Emdat Suprayitno,
Syaifurrahman Hidayat,
Elyk Dwi Mumpuningtias,
Dian Permatasari,
Yulia Wardita
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2614-3496
pISSN - 2614-3488
DOI - 10.30994/jnp.v5i1.164
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , mann–whitney u test , health education , medicine , test (biology) , transmission (telecommunications) , simple random sample , sampling (signal processing) , pandemic , research design , family medicine , psychology , covid-19 , disease , nursing , public health , environmental health , population , pathology , mathematics , computer science , paleontology , telecommunications , filter (signal processing) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , computer vision , biology , statistics
Background: Corona Virus Disease-19 is becoming a pandemic. The easy-to-spread nature of the virus which requires good knowledge and good attitude in determining preventive measures to break Covid-19 transmission.Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effect of community-based health education on knowledge and attitudes of Covid-19 prevention.Methods: This is quantitative research with design of quasi-experimental. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling, the samples were 62 people divided into two groups. The intervention group that received the intervention of community-based health education and control group that received a Covid-19 leaflet.Results: The research result found that Mann Whitney U test score of knowledge between intervention and control group after the given intervention was p=0.004. Independent T test score of attitudes between intervention and control group after intervention was p=0.003. The Mann Whitney U test score of knowledge differences (?) between intervention group and the control group after intervention was p=0.002. Mann Whitney U test of attitudes differences (?) between intervention group and the control group after intervention was p=0.000.Conclusion: The research showed that respondents in the intervention group have better knowledge and better attitudes. The community-based health education method can be an alternative option to promote and prevent the spread of Covid-19 infection