Contagion: Scientific Periodical Journal of Public Health and Coastal Health
Vol 5, No 1 (2023): CONTAGION

Knowledge of Pharmacy Department Students Poltekkes Kemenkes Medan About Vaccination Covid-19

Zulfa Ismaniar Fauzi (Poltekkes Kemenkes Medan)
Nurul Hidayah (Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Medan)
Hilda Hilda (Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Medan)
Masrah Masrah (Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Medan)
Joice Putri Nababan (Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2023

Abstract

Corona Disease 19 is a coronavirus infectious disease with a high rate of transmission that primarily affects the respiratory tract. As a result, the Indonesian government established the COVID-19 immunization campaign in order to break the chain of transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Many are still afraid to get the COVID-19 vaccination due to the spread of information concerning harmful post-immunization occurrences. The goal of this study was to describe the level of student understanding regarding the COVID-19 immunization at the Pharmacy Department of the Medan Ministry of Health's Health Polytechnic. This is a descriptive survey that use the purposive sampling approach. The total population is 261 people, and the sample size is 158 people. A questionnaire that had already been validated was distributed using the Google Form in order to collect the data. The findings revealed that the average knowledge of vaccination fundamentals (72.6%), vaccine kinds (75.44%), and requirements and stages of the COVID-19 immunization (74.94%) was in a category of reasonable quality. Even though the level of knowledge about the purpose of vaccination is in the good category (91.89%).  In generally, the description of the level of student knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccination at the Pharmaceutical Department of the Medan Ministry of Health Polytechnic is in the good category (78.98%). It is expected that even this factual information will inform and encourage the public to take part in COVID-19 immunization campaigns. Keyword: Covid-19, Immunization, Knowledge, Pharmacy, Student

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contagion

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Health Professions Public Health

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Contagion: Scientific Periodical Journal of Public Health and Coastal Health, A Scientific Periodic Journal of Public Health published by the Public health Study Program of The Faculty of Public Health UINSU Medan. This Journal prioritiez the collaboration of lecturers and students with scope of the ...