This study aims to determine the effect of health education using the peer education method on the knowledge and support of families of stroke patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research method is a quantitative study with a non-equivalent control group design. The results showed that most respondents in the intervention group had good knowledge and 78.0%, high family support as much as 64.0%, and most respondents in the control group had less understanding than 54.0%, low family support as much as 60.0 %. After being given Education: peer education method good knowledge as much as 76.5% with -value = 0.015, family support as much as 64.7% and -value 0.009, age is related to understanding and family support (ρ < ) while Education, source information has no relationship with family knowledge and consent (ρ value > 0.05). In conclusion, there is an effect of health education: the peer education method on expertise, family support for stroke patients during the covid 19 pandemic at the Palembang City Health Center, and there are differences in knowledge and family support where the intervention group has higher knowledge and family support, the results of Chi-Square analysis are obtained. There is no characteristic relationship between education level and expertise, and there is no expected relationship between information sources and knowledge at the Merdeka Ariodillah Basuki Rahmat Health Center in 2021.
Keywords: Family Support, Pandemic COVID-19, Peer Education, Knowledge, Stroke