Knowledge and COVID-19 prevention behavior: A case study of medical laboratory technology students in Indonesia

Fitriani Kahar; Ririh Jatmi Wikandari

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.5015

Authors

Fitriani Kahar
fitrianikahar888@gmail.com
Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia
Ririh Jatmi Wikandari Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia

Keywords:

Knowledge, Behavior, COVID-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is still engulfing several parts of the world. This pandemic has an impact on all spheres of people's lives such as health, economy, education and others. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused behavioral changes in society which have made people more concerned about hygiene and health. New habits that occur include wearing masks, washing hands and avoiding crowds. The knowledge possessed by students is often not in line with the student's life behavior or vice versa. During this pandemic, the learning carried out is distance learning so that students cannot see directly the activities carried out by students. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between knowledge and COVID-19 prevention behavior applied by students. This type of research is a quantitative research with a cross sectional design. The sample in this study were students of Medical Laboratory Technology Expert, Department of Health Analyst, Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang, totaling 323 people. In this study, an online questionnaire was used as a data collection tool, with the data analyzed descriptively (univariate analysis) followed by a bivariate analysis with the person correlation test which was presented in the form of a frequency table accompanied by a narration.

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