Knowledge and Compliance with the Implementation of Health Protocols on Visitors of Independent Midwife Practices in Rajagaluh Kidul Village

Abstract

Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new type of coronavirus that was discovered in 2019 and became a pandemic that occurred in countries around the world. Symptoms include fever, cough, difficulty breathing accompanied by tightness, weakness, muscle aches, diarrhea and other symptoms of respiratory disorders. The best way to prevent infection is to avoid exposure to the causative virus,comply with health protocols as an effort to prevent transmission in daily life practices. The purpose of this research is to know the level of knowledge and compliance of the application of health protocols to visitors of Private Midwife Independent Practice in Rajagaluh Kidul Village. The type or design of research used is descriptive method. In this study, researchers used purposive sampling techniques with a sample of 79 respondents. The instrument used is a questionnaire tailored to the researcher's objectives. The results found that the majority of respondents have good knowledge of health protocols as much as (57.0%) and most visitors' compliance with the implementation of high-compliance health protocols (45.6%). The conclusion of the end research is knowledgeable and the compliance of highly compliant visitors means there is a connection between knowledge and compliance, so knowledge has a significant influence on compliance behavior.