HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN MASYARAKAT TERHADAP COVID - 19 DENGAN PENGGUNAAN MASKER SEBAGAI PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN INFEKSI DI LINGKUNGAN III KELURAHAN PULO BRAYAN BENGKEL KECAMATAN MEDAN TIMUR

PUTRI AGUSTIAN (UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SUMATERA UTARA)
ANDRI YUNAFRI (UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SUMATERA UTARA)

JURNAL ILMIAH MAKSITEK
Vol 6 No 2 (2021): JURNAL ILMIAH MAKSITEK

COVID-19 is a respiratory infection disease with a very rapid spread and causes high mortality rates, so that on January 30,2020 WHO declared Coronavirus Disease a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Knowledge of COVID-19 isvery important to know so that someone can take preventive measures such as wearing a mask which aims to reduce thespread of COVID-19 infection. Knowing the relationship between the knowledge of the community of Lingkungan III,Keurahan Pulo Brayan Bengkell against COVID-19 with the use of masks as a prevention of infection transmission.Analytical descriptive with cross-sectional design. The measuring instrument in this research is a validated questionnaire.Hypothesis testing using the Chi Square test. The number of respondents was 94 people. The results showed that therewere 49 people (52.1%) who had good public knowledge of COVID-19. There are 39 people (41.5%) who use good masks.People with good knowledge of COVID-19 with the action of using good masks amounted to 31 people (63.3%) with a pvalue = 0.000. There is a Correlation between public knowledge of COVID-19 and the use of masks as a prevention ofinfection transmission.