Community Service Journal of Indonesia
Vol 2 No 2 (2020): CSJI Volume 2 Issue 2 July-December 2020

TRANSMISSION-BASED PRECAUTION EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE AND HANDWASHING PRACTICES IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN IN THE ERA OF PANDEMI COVID-19

Lingga Curnia Dewi (Faculty of Nursing, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Ika Nur Pratiwi (Faculty of Nursing, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Rr Dian Tristiana (Faculty of Nursing, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Jan 2021

Abstract

Washing hands is important to prevent various infectious diseases, including Covid-19. School-age children are a population at risk who must practice proper hand hygiene. This study aims to examine the effect of Transmission-Based Precaution (TBP) on knowledge and practice of hand washing in school age children. A total of 20 schoolchildren living in Islamic boarding schools participated in this study. Education is carried out in one meeting. The data was collected by filling out a questionnaire on knowledge and hand washing practices pre and post education. The results showed that providing TPB education increased knowledge about hand washing (p = 0.010), but it was not significant for hand washing practices (p = 0.282). Increasing knowledge should also pay attention to the attitude of school children in hand washing behavior. The process of providing education will be more embedded in school children after repeatedly implementing hand washing properly. The teachers and classmates involved can participate in hygiene education to encourage the hand washing behavior of students in areas at high risk of infectious diseases, especially Covid-19.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

csji

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Community Service Journal of Indonesia (e-ISSN 2684-7884) is a journal that results from the implementation of community service in the fields of health, nursing, medicine, psychology, and public health which is published every 6 months. The scope of this journal is articles related to community ...