Research Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: January | Volume: 8 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 226-234
Knowledge and Attitudes toward Community Behavior in the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Prevention Health Protocol in Aceh Singkil District
Teuku Ibrahim1, Ida Yustina2, Rahayu Lubis3
1,2,3Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Teuku Ibrahim
ABSTRACT
The implementation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention health protocol is important to reduce the rate of spread of COVID-19 in the community. However, these efforts have not been fully successful due to a lack of knowledge and public awareness. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of knowledge and attitudes toward community behavior in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) prevention health protocol in Aceh Singkil District. This research uses quantitative research, with a correlative design and cross sectional approach. The research sample consisted of 110 people of productive age in one of the districts in Aceh Singkil who were selected by accident (accidental sampling). Data analysis used chi-square relationship test and ordinal logistic regression. The results showed that there was a significant effect between knowledge toward community behavior in carrying out the COVID-19 prevention health protocol (p-value=0.000), but there was no effect between attitudes toward community behavior in carrying out the COVID-19 prevention health protocol (p-value=0.258). The proportion of good behavior in the community in implementing the COVID-19 prevention health protocol is 61.8%. Researchers suggest that it is important to make preparedness efforts both facilities and infrastructure, socialization to educate on health protocols for prevention of COVID-19 and collaboration with all elements to strengthen the potential for local wisdom in efforts to prevent COVID-19.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitudes, Community Behavior, COVID-19.
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