International Journal of Social Science, Education, Communication and Economics
Vol. 1 No. 4 (2022): October

Health Belief Model as Students' Perspective Framework Regarding Covid-19 Prevention

Ismar Agustin (Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palembang)
Azwaldi Azwaldi (Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palembang)
Nathalia Ramadhanti (Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Jogjakarta)
Yunike Yunike (Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palembang)
Ira Kusumawaty (Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palembang)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2022

Abstract

The Covid-19 epidemic have a significant risk to the public's health. The Covid-19 infection spreads swiftly and affects people of all ages. The implementation of health guidelines among students and how students feel they can complete the Covid-19 procedure cannot be separated. The goals of this study is to ascertain how students view Covid-19 prevention from the viewpoint of the Health Belief Model. This research used a descriptive survey with a sample size of 170 respondents and the sampling method is purposive sampling. Descriptive analysis of the components of HBM perceived severity category is quite good (90.0%), perceived barriers is a quite good category (68.2%), perceived benefits is found to be in a quite good category (77.6%), health motivation is in quite a good category (81.2%) and it can be seen that the perception of vulnerability (55.9%) and perception of cues to act (56.5%) was quite good. Positive perceptions include student perceptions of the Health Belief Model's effectiveness in preventing COVID-19, which are rated as being quite good. Therefore, it is envisaged that linked parties would be able to enhance health promotion initiatives for the Covid-19 prevention procedure, both directly and through media like posters put up around campuses

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Journal Info

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SJ

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Subject

Religion Arts Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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International Journal of Social Science, Education, Communication and Economics (SINOMICS Journal) | E-ISSN: 2829-7350 publishes articles or scientific studies related to social science, education, communication, and economics. publishes articles or scientific studies related to social science, ...