The Effect of Health Education on Covid-19 Prevention on Hand Washing Behavior Among Students of SMAN 3 North Bengkulu
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Handwashing Behavior, Health Education, Prevention of Covid-19Abstract
Education is one of the supporting factors that can change students’ behavior in doing various things to support students’ growth efforts so that they can experience behavioral development in a better direction. The aims of this study were to know the effect of health education on Covid-19 prevention on handwashing behavior in students of SMAN 3 North Bengkulu. The type of this study used a pra-experimental design with the one group pretest posttest design and used proportional random sampling technique in 131 respondents. Population in this study were a 10th class student in SMAN 3 North Bengkulu in April and May 2021. Collected data in this study with giving the questionnaire about handwashing behavior before and after health education. The results of this study showed: Based on Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test obtained value of Z were -5,840 with value of Asymp. Sig (p)=0,000, because value of p<0,05, so that can be conclude there is the effect of health education on Covid-19 prevention on handwashing behavior in students of SMAN 3 North Bengkulu. It is hoped that educators and other related institutions can optimize socialization about Covid-19 prevention to students so that they can spread the Covid-19 virus.
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