ABSTRACT
Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is the virus that causes an epidemic of acute respiratory infections that become a global pandemic in 2020. COVID-19 cases continue to increase, so prevention behavior is needed. Knowledge and attitudes become important domains that can influence a person's behavior. This study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes related to COVID-19 prevention behaviors in university students. This study used a cross sectional study design which was conducted from April to May 2020. Students from the faculty of religion at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta (n = 434) were participated in this study. As many as 51.4% (n = 223) of participants had a positive attitude towards preventing COVID-19. Participants who are well-behaved attitude towards COVID-19 prevention tend to have moderate and high levels of knowledge about COVID-19 and positive attitude (59.7%) towards COVID-19 prevention. The multivariate results showed that levels of knowledge and attitudes were related to COVID-19 prevention behaviors with adjustment for age, sex, and place of residence (p-value < 0.05). We conclude that knowledge and attitudes have an influence on a person's behavior in preventing the transmission of COVID-19.
ABSTRACT
The government has made various efforts to prevent and control COVID-19, such as enforcing the law concerning the COVID-19 Health Protocols. However, violations of health protocols still frequently occur in various chiles, including university students. Therefore, this study aims to determine the factors that influence university students' compliance with the COVID-19 health protocols. This study used a cross-sectional study design with a quota sampling technique and was conducted in October 2020. The participants were 468 university students in East Java. The number of participants who complied with the COVID-19 health protocols was 61.3%, while those who did not comply were still quite high (38.7%). The factors that were significantly related to compliance with the COVID-19 health protocols were knowledge, motivation, and health problems, while lifestyle changes were not significantly related to compliance with the COVID-19 health protocols. Participants with high level of knowledge (AOR 5.54 95% CI: 2.68-11.49), good motivation (AOR 2.15 95% CI: 1.43-3.22), and health problems (AOR 1.19 95% CI: 0.52-2.73) are more likely to comply with the COVID-19 health protocols. Thus,concerted efforts are needed to increase knowledge and motivation so that compliance with the COVID-19 health protocol significantly increases.