Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior And Risk Assessment Of People In Bulukumba Regency During The COVID 19 Pandemic

Abstract

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a serious health problem in the world at the end of 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that COVID-19 disease is categorized as a global pandemic. The Indonesian government is making various efforts to improve the handling of COVID-19, to control the transmission of COVID-19 by conducting mass screening, social restrictions and self-quarantine. COVID-19 countermeasures continue to this day, community compliance is needed to the efforts taken, which are largely influenced by people's knowledge, attitudes, and actions towards COVID-19. The purpose of this research is to know the picture of knowledge, attitudes, behavior and assessment of community risks in Bulukumba Regency during the Covid 19 Pandemic. This research method uses quantitative methods with the number of samples are the people in Bulukumba Regency as many as 725 people. Sampling techniques using cluster random sampling. The results of the analysis of univariate data obtained by some people have knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic is well informed, which is a number of 336 people 46.3%), most of the attitudes of the community during the COVID-19 Pandemic are positive attitudes which amount to 356 people (49.1%), some people's behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic is a good action of 304 people (41.9%). And the moderate risk assessment was 359 people (49.5%). Some people in Bulukumba Regency have good knowledge, positive attitudes and good behavior and moderate risk assessment in an effort to prevent the occurrence of COVID-19 transmission.