<![CDATA[Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads easily from person to person, particularly among at-risk populations such as school-aged children and adolescents. Prevention efforts to control and reduce transmission therefore need to target these populations, and self-awareness together with public compliance with health protocols remain relevant components of adolescent health behavior beyond the acute pandemic period. This study contributed to determining the relationship between self-awareness and compliance with the COVID-19 prevention health protocol in the new normal era among school-aged students. A cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2023 among 100 school-aged children at SMK Negeri 1 Pleret, Bantul, Indonesia, using proportionate stratified random sampling. Self-awareness and compliance were measured using structured questionnaires, and data were analyzed using Kendall's tau correlation test. Of the 100 students, 54% had moderate self-awareness and just be obedient compliance (46%). There was a significant, though weak, correlation between self-awareness and compliance with the COVID-19 prevention health protocol in the new normal era. Self-awareness is significantly related to compliance with the COVID-19 prevention health protocol among students. This finding suggests that schools can strengthen student compliance with health protocols, and with future public-health measures more broadly, by embedding self-awareness-building activities into routine school health education, delivered through counseling sessions, peer health cadres, and print or social media materials, rather than relying on information about the protocols alone.]]>
