Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia
Vol. 17 No. 3: SEPTEMBER 2021

Knowledge, Motivation, and Attitudes of Truck Drivers Performing First Aid

Ana Dwiyana Arief (Universitas Brawijaya)
Setyawati Soeharto (Universitas Brawijaya)
Suryanto Suryanto (Universitas Brawijaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2021

Abstract

Cross-provincial lanes in Majalengka are often passed by truck drivers, and they often encounter accidents in which their help is required. The aim of this study was to determine the direct and indirect effects of truck drivers’ knowledge, motivation, and attitudes when performing first aid and the most dominant influencing factors. The research followed a cross-sectional design, and 55 respondents were chosen using total sampling. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling was used for data analysis. In relation to the practice of first aid, the direct effect of knowledge was found to be significant (p=0.001), motivation was insignificant (p=0.341), and attitude was significant (p=0.017). The indirect effects resulting from the intervention of knowledge motivation was found to be insignificant in the practice of first aid (tstatistic 0.530 < ttable 1.96), and attitude was also not significant (tstatistic 0.758 < ttable 1.96). Attitude was found to be the most dominant factor.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

mkmi

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

Description

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia accepts scientific papers in the form of research reports (original research papers) with a focus on the development of public health issues problems in Indonesia, including the developments and main problems in the field of epidemiology; Health Promotion; ...