PENYULUHAN KESEHATAN DALAM UPAYA PERUBAHAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN COVID-19 DI KOTA TANGERANG, BANTEN

HEALTH COUNSELING IN ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR TO PREVENT COVID-19 TRANSMISSION IN TANGERANG CITY, BANTEN Kartini 1 , Eriyono Budi Wijoyo 1* , Rizkiyani Istifada 1 , Elang Wibisana 1 , Nuraini 1 , Azizah Al Ashri Nainar 1 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang, Perintis Kemerdekaan  Street 1/33, Cikokol,  Tangerang, Banten Coressponding Author: Eriyono Budi Wijoyo, email: eriyonobudi@gmail.com ABSTRACT  Introduction: The COVID-19 virus has become a threat to the world. Until now, pandemics are still experienced by all people on the world. People inevitably must adapt to this yet-lost pandemic process. There are many things that can be done in preventing the transmission of COVID-19, but not many people know how to prevent it. Therefore, the writer will serve to change the old behavior of the community into new behavior for the prevention of COVID-19. Purpose: the aim of this activity is to change old behavior into new behavior in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 during the pandemic. Methods: The implementation method consists of the preparation, implementation, and evaluation stages. Starting from the activities to prepare the location, the participants were the community in the Poris Jaya Village, Tangerang City. The implementation stage is carried out for 3 days with 3 major activities each carried out for 1 hour. Details of the activity were Focus Group Discussion (FGD), distribution of leaflets related to COVID-19, 5M demonstrations and effective coughing and the last education related to the COVID-19 vaccine. The evaluation phase of activities is carried out at the beginning of the first day of meeting and the end of the third day of meeting by asking questions related to new behaviors in preventing transmission of COVID-19. Results: Based on the behavioral data obtained before service activities, community behavior tended to be greater with less behavior (56.8%) than good behavior (46.3%) with a total of 100%. After the intervention there was a new behavior change in preventing the transmission of COVID-19, namely 46.3% before the intervention to 78.8% after the intervention. Conclusion: The implementation of community service activities based on health education as an effort to improve behavior in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 is running smoothly. And there is a need for continuous evaluation during the COVID-19 pandemic for the community in adapting to new habits. Keywords: Health counseling, new behavior, COVID-19 prevention PENYULUHAN KESEHATAN DALAM UPAYA PERUBAHAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN PENULARAN COVID-19 DI KOTA TANGERANG, BANTEN Kartini 1 , Eriyono Budi Wijoyo 1* , Rizkiyani Istifada 1 , Elang Wibisana 1 , Nuraini 1 , Azizah Al Ashri Nainar 1 1 Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang, Jl. perintis Kemerdekaan 1/33, Cikokol,  Tangerang, Banten Coressponding email: eriyonobudi@gmail.com ABSTRAK Pendahuluan: Virus COVID-19 telah menjadi ancaman bagi dunia. Sampai dengan saat ini pandemi masih dialami oleh seluruh manusia di bumi. Masyarakat mau tidak mau harus beradaptasi dengan proses pandemi yang belum hilang ini. Banyak hal yang bisa dilakukan dalam pencegahan penularan COVID-19 ini tapi tidak banyak juga yang mengetahui cara pencegahanya. Oleh sebab itu pengabdi akan melakukan pengabdian untuk merubah perilaku lama masyarakat menjadi perilaku baru untuk pencegahan COVID-19. Tujuan : tujuan kegiatan ini adalah untuk merubah perilaku lama menjadi perilaku baru dalam pencegahan penularan COVID-19 selama pandemi. Metode : Metode pelaksanaan terdiri dari tahap persiapan, pelaksanaan dan evaluasi. Dimulai dari kegiatan mempersiapkan lokasi, peserta yaitu masyarakat umum di wilayah Kelurahan Poris Jaya, Kota Tangerang. Pada tahap pelaksaan dilakukan selama 3 hari dengan 3 kegiatan besar masing-masing dilakukan selama 1 jam. Rincian kegiatan yaitu Focus Group Discussion (FGD), penyebaran leaflet terkait COVID-19, demonstrasi 5M serta batuk efektif dan edukasi terkait vaksin COVID-19. Tahap evaluasi kegiatan dilakukan diawal pertemuan hari pertama dan akhir pertemuan hari ketiga dengan cara memberikan pertanyaan terkait perilaku baru dalam mencegah penularan COVID-19. Hasil : Berdasarkan data perilaku yang didapatkan sebelum kegiatan pengabdian, perilaku masyarakat cenderung lebih besar perilaku kurang (56,8%) dibandingkan perilaku baik (46,3%) dengan total sebanyak 100%. Setelah dilakukan intervensi terdapat perubahan perilaku baru dalam pencegahan penularan COVID-19 yaitu sebesar 46,3% sebelum intervensi  menjadi 78,8 % setelah intervensi. Kesimpulan: Pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat berbasis penyuluhan kesehatan sebagai upaya peningkatan perilaku dalam pencegahan penularan COVID-19 ini berjalan dengan lancar. Serta perlu adanya evaluasi yang kontinyu selama pandemi COVID-19 kepada masyarakat dalam melakukan adaptasi kebiasaan baru. Kata Kunci : Penyuluhan kesehatan, Perilaku baru,  Pencegahan COVID-1