Open AccessSociodemographic relationship with the level of community participation on preventing the spread of COVID-19
Author(s) -
Kistan Kistan,
Megawati Sibulo,
Irawati Irawati,
Andi Artifasari,
Najman Najman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6n1.4819
Subject(s) - covid-19 , government (linguistics) , observational study , isolation (microbiology) , simple random sample , pandemic , sample (material) , environmental health , social distance , systematic sampling , psychology , medicine , population , disease , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , pathology , chromatography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are a shared responsibility. Community participation is very much needed in helping the government implement health protocols. Without community participation, the goal of implementing COVID-19 will not be achieved. The purpose of this study was to analyze the sociodemographic relationship with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the Work Area of ??the Biru Health Center, Bone Regency. This study uses an analytical observational design with a Cross-Sectional approach. The sampling technique using the simple random sampling method was carried out randomly with a sample of 397 respondents using the Slovin formula. Research results there is a significant relationship between the level of education and workers with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship between gender and age with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19. The level of community participation can be categorized as quite good and it is recommended that people continue to carry out physical distancing, self-quarantine, and self-isolation as well as increase understanding and concern in preventing the spread of COVID-19.