THE EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR IN COVID-19 PREVENTIONIN MA STUDENTS IN MAGELANG DISTRICT

Diky Agus Bintoro, Moh Hanafi, Moh Ridwan, Sunarko Sunarko

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Introduction: Health education is the first level of prevention, even the first and foremost thing. Health education provided to school students will form awareness in preventing COVID-19. One of the factors that can influence prevention is knowledge. Students' knowledge about COVID-19 is still low so it needs attention. Health education about COVID-19 can increase students' knowledge so that they can make efforts to prevent COVID-19 transmission.

Methods: This research design uses a quasi-experimental design with a one group pretest–posttest design. The measuring instrument used is a questionnaire measuring knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about COVID-19. Results: There is an influence of health education on the level of knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in the Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID- 19) in MA Students in Magelang Regency as proven by the Wilcoxon statistical test with a p value of 0.000 (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: For the nursing profession, which is authorized to provide health education, it will further improve counseling and vary in the delivery of health information so that it can generate student interest in preventive efforts.


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