Pendampingan Masyarakat Dalam Pencegahan Penularan Covid-19

Mega Sintya (Department of Health Environmental, Tanjungkarang Health Polytechnic)
Dwinata Rahayuningsih (Department of Pharmacy, Tanjungkarang Health Polytechnic)
Saltya Adeva Nurhalisa (Department of Midwifery, Tanjungkarang Health Polytechnic)
Prayudhy Yushananta (Department of Health Environmental, Tanjungkarang Health Polytechnic)

Sinar Sang Surya: Jurnal Pusat Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat
Vol 6, No 1 (2022): Februari 2022

ABSTRAK  COVID-19 merupakan penyakit baru yang menginfeksi saluran pernapasan yang dapat menimbulkan kematian. Penularan COVID-19 dari manusia ke manusia melalui percikan ludah (droplet) dari penderita ataupun kontak dengan benda yang sudah terkontaminasi virus. Pengabdian masyarakat bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan tentang pencegahan penularan COVID-19. Bentuk kegiatan adalah penyuluhan, pembagian paket pencegahan COVID-19, Vitamin-C dan leaflet, pelatihan cuci tangan pakai sabun pada anak usia sekolah, serta pelatihan penyemprotan desinfektan. Sebanyak 80 rumah tangga telah didatangi dan diberikan penyuluhan tentang penularan serta cara pencegahan COVID-19, serta dibagikan masker, hand sanitizer, Vitamin-C, dan leaflet. Sebanyak 25 orang anak usia sekolah di-edukasi dan dilatih cara cuci tangan dengan sabun. Penyemprotan desinfektan dilakukan di tempat-tempat umum sebagai percontohan jika terdapat kasus COVID-19. Penyuluhan mampu meningkatkan pengetahuan masyarakat tentang cara penularan dan pencegahan COVID-19. Keterlibatan semua elemen masyarakat sangat dibutuhkan agar tercipta era kehidupan baru yang normal. Kata kunci: COVID-19, penyuluhan, cuci tangan, desinfektan ABSTRACT COVID-19 is a new disease that infects the respiratory tract and can cause death. Human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 through droplets from sufferers or contact with objects that have been contaminated with the virus. Community service aims to increase knowledge about preventing transmission of COVID-19. The activity was counseling, distribution of COVID-19 prevention packages, vitamin-C and leaflets, hand washing training with soap for school-age children, and disinfectant spray training. Many as 80 households have been visited and given counseling about transmission and how to prevent COVID-19, and distributed masks, hand sanitizers, Vitamin-C, and leaflets. As many as 25 school-age children were educated and trained on how to wash their hands with soap. Spraying of disinfectant is carried out in public places as a pilot if there is a COVID-19 case. Counseling can increase public knowledge about how to transmit and prevent COVID-19. The involvement of all social elements is needed to create a new-normal era of life. Keywords: COVID-19, counseling, hand washing, disinfectant