Journal of Health and Behavioral Science
Vol 4 No 2 (2022): June 2022

The Psychological Impacts of the Pamong Praja Police Unit as the Front Guard in Handling, Preventing, Spreading the Case of Covid-19

Andjani Antonetha Peni (Kesehatan Masyarakat - Psikologi)
Indra Yohanes Kiling (Unknown)
Yeni Damayanti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jun 2022

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) is an infectious disease with a pandemic status globally and has spread throughout Indonesia, including NTT. Covid-19 cases in NTT in 2021 experienced an increase of 312 deaths. The NTT Provincial Civil Service Police Unit is part of the task force and the front guard handling Covid-19 in the NTT region. This research uses qualitative research with the Photo Elicitation data collection method on seven informants. The study found that in the initial conditions, the informants did not have adequate information about handling covid-19; therefore, they became a risk group for Covid-19 and experienced various obstacles. These things impacted their psychological conditions (anxiety, insomnia, and interpersonal conflict) and physiological. Meanwhile, informants are accustomed to handling Covid-19 to reduce the negative psychological impact of the current situation. Community cooperation with Satpol PP members is needed to reduce the number of Covid-19.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

CJPS

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Health Professions Neuroscience Public Health Social Sciences

Description

Focus and Scope Journal of Health and Behavioral Science (JHBS) is an open-access journal, publishes research from various topics in psychology. We dedicated ourselves in developing psychology and behavioral sciences in the world, especially in the areas of: Health Psychology Clinical Psychology ...