THE EFFECT OF HEALTH BELIEF MODEL EDUCATION ON THE PREVENTION OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION IN TODDLERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC Naya Ernawati, Fitriana Kurniasari Solikhah, Erlina Suci Astuti
Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Malang
Abstract
Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is one of the health problems that still occurs today. Rural communities in areas near factories at risk of suffering from ARI during the Covid-19 pandemic. Limited public knowledge and wrong perception of ARI are the underlying factors. The purpose of thisAcute respiratory infection (ARI) is one of the health problems that still occurs today. Rural communities in areas near factories in the Wagir area Malang Regency are at risk of suffering from ARI during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of health belief model education on the prevention of recurrent non-pneumonia ARI in toddler. The research design used in this study was a quasi-experimental quantitative research with a control group approach of pre-test-post-test design. The number of samples in this study were 30 respondents in the control group and 30 respondents in the treatment group using purposive sampling technique. Data analysis was performed univariately, bivariately with the Wilcoxon signed rank test. The results showed (p < 0.05) which means that there is a significant influence between the provision of health belief model education and efforts to prevent non-pneumonia ARI in toddler. Providing health education based on the Health Belief Model increases the knowledge and attitudes of mothers in preventing ARI. Therefore, the government, non-governmental organizations, health educators, and other health services must incorporate the construction of the Health Belief Model into the Health Education program as an effort to prevent ARI in toddler
Keywords: Health belief model- Acute Respiratory Infection- Toddler
