Hubungan Antara Pengetahuan Dan Sikap Dengan Tindakan Pencegahan Covid-19 Di Kelurahan Sagerat Kecamatan Matuari Kota Bitung

Abstract

Jumlah kasus COVID-19 masih terus mengalami peningkatan. Upaya pencegahan pun terus dilakukan demi memutus rantai penularan COVID-19. Perilaku merupakan salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi tindakan pencegahan COVID-19. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap dengan tindakan pencegahan COVID-19 di Kelurahan Sagerat Kecamatan Matuari Kota Bitung. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif bersifat survei analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan April – Juni 2021. Hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap dengan tindakan pencegahan COVID-19 menggunakan uji chi square. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan (p = 0,002) dan sikap ( p = 0,015) dengan tindakan pencegahan COVID-19 di Kelurahan Sagerat Kecamatan Matuari Kota Bitung. Berdasarkan hasil uji statistik tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengetahuan dan sikap memiliki hubungan dengan tindakan pencegahan COVID-19 di Kelurahan Sagerat Kecamatan Matuari Kota Bitung.

Kata Kunci: Pencegahan COVID-19, Pengetahuan, Sikap

ABSTRACT

The number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase. Prevention efforts continue to be carried out to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19. Behavior is one of the factors that affect COVID-19 prevention measures. The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between knowledge and attitude with COVID-19 prevention measures in Sagerat Village of Matuari District of Bitung City. This research is quantitative research is an analytic survey with a cross sectional study approach. The study was conducted from April to June 2021. Knowledge and attitude relationship with COVID-19 prevention measures using chi square test. The results of the analysis showed that there is a relationship between knowledge (p = 0.002) and attitude (p = 0.015) with COVID-19 prevention measures in Sagerat Village of Matuari District of Bitung City. Based on the results of the statistical test, it can be concluded that knowledge and attitudes have a relationship with COVID-19 prevention measures in Sagerat Village of Matuari District of Bitung City.

Keywords: COVID-19 Prevention, Knowledge, Attitude