Covid-19 is a disease with a fairly high level of transmission, so comprehensive efforts to break the chain of transmission of Covid-19 are needed. Health education activities through counseling and the use of various information media will increase public knowledge in preventing the transmission of Covid-19, so as to prevent the disruption of physical and mental health due to Covid-19. The purpose of the activity is to increase the knowledge of the people about preventing the transmission of Covid-19. The method used is counseling through lectures, discussions, questions and answers and demonstrations to the community of RT 01 RW 07 Desa Margaasih Kecamatan Margaasih Kabupaten Bandung. Counseling is carried out in Hybrid (online and offline). The activity stages include the preparation of the required resources, the implementation stage, which is delivering the counseling materials and the evaluation stage by distributing pre and post test questionnaires. The results of the outreach activities showed the achievement of indicators of success. There are 40 peoples from the community joining and actively participated in outreach activities. The results of the distribution of pre and post test questionnaires showed an increase in knowledge in the good category by 55%. From these results it was concluded that health education through counseling could increase public knowledge about preventing the transmission of Covid-19. There is a need for sustainability of community service activities in the form of counseling using more interesting and varied media by expanding the reach of the target participants.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.