Homes Journal: Hospital Management Studies Journal
Vol 2 No 3 (2021): October

RELATIONSHIP KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNITY BEHAVIOR IN APPLYING SOCIAL DISTANCE AS ONE OF THE COVID-19 PREVENTION MEASURES.

Dorcia TN Yabiy (STIKes Bataraguru Soroaka)
Parti Parti (STIKES Bataraguru Soroaka)
Saktiawati Saktiawati (STIKES Bataraguru Soroaka)
Eki Nawang Wulandari (STIKES Bataraguru Soroaka)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2021

Abstract

Background:Covid-19 can spread from person to person people through splashes from the nose or mouth which comes out when people who contract Covid-19 cough or exhale. People most at risk contracting this disease is a person who is in close contact with Covid-19 patients including those who treat. Objective:Covid-19 has been declared a pandemic world by WHO (WHO, 2020). Nationally it has been specified status of disaster emergency outbreak of disease due to Coronavirus in Indonesia.Method:The design of this study is a cross-sectional study with non-sampling techniques probability sampling is purposive sampling. Sample in this study, there were 50 people.Result: the results of the study showed that many respondents have a good knowledge category 44 people, and have positive behavior that's as many as 40 people. Next, the results of the analysis using fisher's exact test obtained results p = 0.000 (< 0.05) which means there is a relationship between knowledge and behavior of the community in applying social distance as a precautionary measure Covid-19.Conclusion:From the results of the study it can be concluded that there is a relationship between knowledge and community behavior in applying social distance as one of the Covid-19 prevention measures in Bawalipu Village

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Journal Info

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homesjournal

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health Veterinary

Description

Hospital Management Studies Journal (Homes Journal) is the journal which will publish scientific article about research health and hospital management. The focus of this journal is in Health Regulation and Policy, Human Resources Management, Medical Record Management, Quality Management of Health ...