Overview Knowledge and Attitudes of Parents in the Application of Protocol Health in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Authors

  • Zakiah Zakiah Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul 'Ulum Jombang Indonesia
  • Suyati Suyati

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30994/jqph.v5i1.279

Keywords:

Knowledge, attitude, covid-19, health protocol

Abstract

COVID-19 has been declared a global pandemic by WHO. The spread of the Corona virus can trigger anxiety for parents, especially for those who have small children. Transmission of Covid-19 in children is usually caused by weak immunity or transmission from adults. For this reason, families, especially parents, need to give the education, understanding and protect their children from Covid-19 transmission by implementing health protocols. The purpose of this research is to know the description of knowledge and attitudes of parents in the application of health protocols to children during the covid-19 pandemic.

This research is a descriptive research by using primary data obtained from questionnaires. Respondents is 30 parents which have children who study at TK Darul Falah Cukir Jombang. Data are analyzed univariate and presented in the form of tabel.

The results of the knowledge level variable data shows 26 responden (87.5%) have a good level of knowledge, and 4 people (12.5%) has sufficient knowledge level. The attitude variable data show that all respondents (100%) have a positive attitude in applying health protocols to children during the covid-19 pandemic.

The conclusion is the level of knowledge and attitudes of parents in implementing health protocols for children during the COVID-19 pandemic at  TK Darul Falah  Cukir Jombang is mostly in the good category. Parents are expected to always facilitate their children in implementing health protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Published

2021-11-23

How to Cite

Zakiah, Z., & Suyati, S. (2021). Overview Knowledge and Attitudes of Parents in the Application of Protocol Health in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal for Quality in Public Health, 5(1), 344–347. https://doi.org/10.30994/jqph.v5i1.279