Behavior Analysis of Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) Transmission Prevention With Health Belief Model Approach
Juwita Sahputri, Rizka Sofia, Teuku Azhari · 2021
Covid-19 is a global pandemic and the tally keep on going up all across the world.The high prevalence or incidence of Covid-19 cases is of course related to individual perceptions of the disease which will shape the practice of Covid-19 transmission preventingin accordance with recommendations.This study aims to determine the Covif-19 transmission prevention behavior among students of the Medical Study Program FK Unimal class of 2017 based on the Health Belief Model application.This research was a descriptive analytic study, using cross sectional method with a total sampling of 86.The results of the study were presented as univkeepariate descriptive analysis and bivariate analysis using the chi square test.The results showed that 77% of respondents were female, 31% lived in green zone areas, 65.1% of respondents had Covid-19 prevention behavior in the fairly good category.Perceptions of vulnerability were mostly in the fairly good category with good enough behavior as many as 41 respondents (70.7%), the most perceived severity was in the fairly good category with good enough behavior as many as 34 respondents (66.7%).Fair category with good enough behavior, namely 52 respondents (75.4%), the most perceived benefits in the fairly good category with good enough behavior were 30 respondents (76.9%), perception cues to act obtained good perceptions with good enough behavior, namely 28 respondents (59.6%) and the perception was quite good with good enough behavior were 28 respondents (71.8%).The results of the bivariate analysis showed that perceived barrier factor had significant relationship with Covid-19 prevention behavior (p = 0.000).