Situation of handling COVID-19 has an impact on child Tuberculosis (TB) services. Children are a vulnerable group for contracting Tuberculosis disease. Poor health care seeking behavior can lead to delays in Tuberculosis treatment in children. This research method is descriptive quantitative. The criteria are the population of parents who have children with Tuberculosis, are recorded in medical records for 2020-2022, are currently or have been taking Tuberculosis treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic and live in Tegal Regency. The sampling technique is total sampling with 77 respondents. Data analysis used is descriptive analysis. The results showed that half of the respondents had good knowledge, the attitude of parents about the seriousness of Tuberculosis children, some respondents chose to be very serious, some others had reactions of fear, surprise, feeling sad and hopeless, respondents preferred to consult doctors and other health workers. Most the respondents denied that Tuberculosis consultation is quite expensive. The most the respondents prefer chose go to the health service immediately when child had symptoms of Tuberculosis, the other half did not go to the health service because of medical expensive. Health workers need to provide health education related to Tuberculosis and pressure for early detection so that Tuberculosis in children is treated immediately, bearing in mind that prevention of Tuberculosis transmission is still not good.
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