Health Education Intervention about Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru in School for Elementary School Teachers Prevent COVID-19 in Sanga-Sanga, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Abstract

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, it requires people to be able to adaptation new habits to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19, including in schools. Schools are a potential place of risk of transmission of COVID-19 because of the gathering of many people, both teachers, students and the community in the school environment. Teachers as the spearhead of COVID-19 prevention in schools are very important to be given education about the adaptation of new habits in schools. This study aims to determine the differences in knowledge and attitudes before and after health education intervention about Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru (new normal) in schools for Elementary School Teachers in Sanga-Sanga, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Pre-experimental research with one group pre-test and post-test. The population of all elementary school teachers in Sanga-Sanga with a purposive sample technique of 123 people. The data were collected used a questionnaire with a Guttman scale. Data analysis used Wilcoxon sign rank test with a level of significance 0.05. The results show that differences in knowledge and attitudes before and after intervention with a p-value of 0.000. There are differences in Knowledge and Attitudes Before and After Health Education Intervention about Adaptasi Kebiasaan Baru in School for Elementary School Teachers in SangaSanga District, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.