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BACKGROUND: Despite existing research on mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, studies related to help-seeking intention for mental health, particularly in Indonesia, are limited. During this unprecedented crisis, it is important to determine help-seeking intention, to allow providers of mental health services to deliver the appropriate intervention and so as to avoid the worst scenario. The aim of this study was to determine factors predicting help-seeking intention during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHOD(S): A cross-sectional approach using questionnaires were employed. Items on sociodemographic factors were asked. Several instruments were also administered: the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, and the General Help-seeking Questionnaire. Online questionnaires were distributed via email, WhatsApp Messenger, and Facebook Messenger during the period August 11-21, 2020, yielding responses from 1340 participants (females = 971, males = 369). The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. RESULT(S): The results showed that age, education, occupation, living in an infected area, and fear were statistically significant predictors of help-seeking intention. CONCLUSION(S): Mental health services need to be equitably available for people of various sociodemographic backgrounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. To improve and strengthen help-seeking intention, providers of mental health services should consider providing appropriate services based on age, education, and occupation. They also need to take into consideration special emphasis for those who are living in infected areas, leading to them being in a state of heightened fear, which is also a predictor.Copyright © 2021 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA.
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The problem of online learning in early childhood education during the Covid-19 pandemic was not only experienced by teachers, but parents also experienced difficulties, including the delivery of material to children through their parents. The purpose of this study was to obtain information about the perceptions of parents of early childhood education students regarding the applications used by teachers during learning at home, online forms of learning provided by the teacher, parental assistance when learning is carried out at home, the level of difficulty when learning is carried out at home, the material provided by the teacher, obstacles/constraints when learning at home, following the form of learning that parents expect during learning at home. The method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative method with data sources obtained from 62 parents of children aged 3-6 years from the provinces of West Java, Central Java, East Java, and South Kalimantan. The data collection instrument used was a questionnaire in the form of a Google Form. The results of this study show parental perceptions that the form of early childhood education learning materials during the Covid-19 pandemic is in the form of providing material, assignments, and direct conversations via video using the WhatsApp, YouTube, and zoom applications. There are several obstacles, namely limited internet networks, difficulties facing children in doing assignments, and explaining learning materials. The form of learning expected by parents includes teachers preparing interesting activity materials that can improve children's life skills and creativity by using a variety of existing technologies. Further research is in terms of the effectiveness of the application of making interactive learning videos for early childhood. © 2020 ACM.