TY  - JOUR
SN  - 09746005
SP  - 7
EP  - 13
Y1  - 2021/09//
ID  - repository14479
UR  - http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/14479/
AV  - public
PB  - Wolters Kluwer MedknowPublications
A1  - Ahmad Faridi, AF
JF  - Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
VL  - 7
TI  - Knowledge and Healthy Behavior of the West Java 
People Related to COVID-19 Pandemic
N2  - Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 is a new type of coronavirus that was discovered 
in Wuhan, Hubei, China in 2019. COVID-19 spread widely to cause a global pandemic that continues to 
this day.
Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the level of knowledge and healthy behavior of West Java People 
adopted related to COVID-19. 
Method: This study used a cross-sectional design using an online questionnaire given to the people residing in 
West Java Province, Indonesia. The total sample of 1,700 people aged 16 years and over. Knowledge and healthy 
behavior were analyzed using Spearman test and Mann-Witney test.
Results: This study showed that the level of public knowledge about COVID-19 was high, in general. 
Knowledge was significantly related to healthy behavior such as sports habits (p <0.05), consumption of fresh 
food (p < 0.05), and washing hands with soap (p < 0.05) and there are significant differences between men and 
women on knowledge about COVID-19 and healthy behavior such as smoking habits (p < 0.001), consumption 
of fruit and vegetables (p < 0.001), consumption of fresh food (p < 0.001), and washing hands with soap (p < 
0.001) but not for sunbathing habits in the morning (p> 0.05).
Conclusion: Level of public knowledge about COVID-19 was related to healthy behaviour that can prevent the 
spread of the COVID-19 pandemic
IS  - 6
ER  -