Pengaruh Penggunaan Media Sosial Terhadap Peningkatan Pengetahuan dan Sikap Ibu Dalam Pencegahan Covid-19

The Effect To Social Media Use On Increasing Knowledge And Attitude Of Mothers In Covid-19 Prevention

Abstract

This research aims to determine the effect of using social media on increasing mother's knowledge and attitudes in preventing Covid-19. The type of the research is quantitative analysis. It was carried out in the Lingkar Barat of Public Health Center of Bengkulu City. The population observed was 43 mothers who were active on social media using the purposive sampling method with the paired T-test technique. The data collection was done by distributing the questionnaires containing questions about the knowledge and attitudes of mothers who were active in social media towards the prevention of Covid-19. It was held 2 times to determine the knowledge of pretest and posttest.  The information obtained is univariate and bivariate. The results of the research show that from January to April there are currently 115 people who have been confirmed positive for Covid-19 19 in the Work Area at the Lingkar Barat of Public Health Center. With the average score of knowledge before 7.09 and after 9.37 while the average score of attitude before 30.18 and after 33.60 with a standard deviation of 3.11, P = 0.000 <0.005. In conclusion, there is an effect of using social media on increasing knowledge and attitudes of mothers in preventing Covid-19 in the Work Area at the Lingkar Barat of Public Health Center of Bengkulu City, Gading Cempaka District of Bengkulu City.