Implementing health protocols and preventive measures are the only effective ways to suppress COVID-19 transmission before vaccines and antiviral drugs are developed. The implementation of health protocols and preventive measures are influenced by one’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward this pandemic. Medical students as candidates for healthcare workers and role models for the community should have a good KAP. This study intends 1) to explore the KAP of medical students in Indonesia toward COVID-19 and 2) to assess which demographic factors have a significant effect on their KAP scores. An online questionnaire consisting of 18 items of knowledge, six items of attitudes, and 12 items of practices were used as instruments in this study. After being distributed for two weeks in June 2020, 525 respondents whose data were worth analyzing were obtained. The respondents consisted of male and female students, from diploma to bachelor degree, and came from all four types of higher education institutions in Indonesia. The results, 48% of respondents had good knowledge, 81% had good attitudes, and 43.5% had good practices toward COVID-19. The location of students’ residence has no significant effect on their KAP score. Gender has a significant effect on knowledge and practice scores. Age, institution type, and institution status have a significant effect on their three KAP domains. The KAP survey results can be used as a reflection of the importance of the curriculum that prepares medical students for the pandemic. Medical students are also expected to be able to actively participate in educating people around them on how to minimize the transmission of COVID-19 during the pandemic.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan pengetahuan orang tua tentang pencegahan covid setelah edukasi dengan media video. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah quasi exsperiment dengan Control Group Design yang dilakukan Puskesmas Menteng dengan memberikan perlakuan kepada kelompok eksperimen pada orang tua sebanyak 30 orang yang diedukasi melalui media video dan kelompok kontrol adalah orang tua diberikan edukasi dengan leaflet sejumlah 30 responden. Analisis data yaitu Uji t-dependen dan Uji t-independen dengan tingkat signifikansi p < 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa setelah diberikan edukasi menggunakan video terdapat peningkatan nilai rata-rata pengetahuan parenting orang tua tentang pencegahan covid yaitu dari 50,7 menjadi 67,4 dengan nilai P value = 0,000 <α 0,05. Hal yang sama terjadai pada kelompok kontrol yaitu terdapat juga peningkatan nilai rata-rata pengetahuan setelah edukasi dengan metode leaflet yaitu dari 47,8 menjadi 59,8 dan nilai P value = 0,000 <α 0,05. Kemudian, hasil analisis perbedaan nilai rata-rata antara kelompok eksperimen dan kontrol menunjukkan adanya perbedaan yang signifikan dengan nilai p = 0.008 dimana nilai rata-rata atau mean 67,4 ± 10,809 (kelompok eksperimen) dan 59,8 ± 10,605 (kelompok kontrol). Kesimpulan yaitu edukasi kesehatan melalui video tentang parenting orang tua anak mengenai pencegahan covid memiliki nilai rata-rata yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan metode leaflet kepada orang tua anak di Kelurahan Menteng.

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