HEALTH AND EDUCATION COUNSELING FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION IN DERMATOLOGY: HEALTH AND EDUCATION COUNSELING FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION IN DERMATOLOGY

Nopriyati . (Department of Dermatology and Venereology Faculty of Medicine Sriwijaya University)
Sarah Diba (Department of Dermatology and Venereology Faculty of Medicine Sriwijaya University)
M. Athuf Thaha (Department of Dermatology and Venereology Faculty of Medicine Sriwijaya University)

Conferences of Medical Sciences Dies Natalis
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021): Conference of Medical Sciences Dies Natalis Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sri

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been the cause of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia since December 2019. As an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the vaccination program has been implemented. Vaccination is a process in the body where a person becomes protected and to reduces the severity of diseases. Based on PERDOSKI recommendation 2021 for Covid-19 vaccination, several types of skin diseases need to be considered about the Covid-19 vaccine. By this time, hoaxes and misleading information about the Covid-19 vaccine had been spread widely. Adolescents are the target demographic of Covid-19 vaccination. With correct and adequate knowledge about the Covid-19 vaccine, they can invite their families and communities who have skin diseases around them to participate in the vaccination of Covid-19.