D Nursing and Health Journal (DNHJ)
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): The Relationship Between Lifestyle and The Onset of Nursing Problems

Knowledge and Attitudes of Families About Covid-19 Prevention in Sipi Village, Sirenja District Donggala

Chely Veronika Mauruh (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Indonesia Jaya, Palu, Indonesia)
Resky Anjeli (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Indonesia Jaya, Palu, Indonesia)
Alfrida Semuel Ra’bung (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Indonesia Jaya, Palu, Indonesia)
Niswa Salamung (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Indonesia Jaya, Palu, Indonesia)
Fanny Metungku (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Indonesia Jaya, Palu, Indonesia)
Andi Nur Indah Sari (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Indonesia Jaya, Palu, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Mar 2021

Abstract

Introduction: Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) is one of the cases of mysterious pneumonia. The source of the transmission of this case is still not known for sure, but the first case was linked to a fish market in Wuhan. The results of a preliminary survey conducted by researchers on May 16, 2020 in Sipi village, Sirenja District, Donggala, that there was one Sipi village community who was confirmed as Covid-19 due to close contact with one of the people in Tompe village, Sirenja District, Donggala Regency, who was found to be positive Covid-19. The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of the public about the prevention of Covid-19. Method: This research method used descriptive methods with a population of 201 and a sample of 67. The samples were determined using the Nonprobability Sampling technique with a purposive sampling approach. Result: The results of this study indicate that the public's knowledge of prevention Covid-19 is quite good with a presentation number of 61.8% and the public's attitude regarding the prevention of Covid-19 is still not good with a percentage of 70.1%. It is hoped that families who already have good knowledge and attitudes in preventing Covid-19 will maintain and optimize their knowledge and attitudes to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Conclusion: Family knowledge regarding the prevention of COVID-19 is in a fairly good category and family attitudes in preventing COVID-19 are in the category of not good enough.

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DNursing

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Humanities Neuroscience Nursing Public Health Veterinary

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D Nursing and Health Journal (DNHJ), is a scientific journal that publishes scientific articles on developments in nursing and health science, nursing research and research on health (p-ISSN: 2774-3802, e-ISSN: 2774-3810). This journal is published twice a year, in March and September. D Nursing and ...