PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SELF-EFFICACY UPAYA PENCEGAHAN COVID-19 MELALUI EDUKASI GIZI KONVENSIONAL Increased Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of COVID-19 Prevention through Conventional Nutrition Education

COVID-19 nutrition education balanced nutrition nutritional knowledge self-efficacy

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  • Qonita Rachmah
    qonita.rachmah@fkm.unair.ac.id
    Departemen Gizi, Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya Center for Health and Nutrition Education, Counseling and Empowerment, Indonesia
  • Triska Susila Nindya Departemen Gizi, Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya Center for Health and Nutrition Education, Counseling and Empowerment, Indonesia
  • Arif Sabta Aji Alma Ata Graduate School of Public Health, Universitas Alma Ata, Yogyakata Departemen Gizi, Fakultas Ilmu-ilmu Kesehatan, Universitas Alma Ata, Yogyakata
  • Sitti Patimah Bagian Gizi Kesehatan Masyarakat, Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Muslim Indonesia
  • Nabilla Rachmah Departemen Antropologi, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya
  • Nabiil Ikbaar Maulana Departemen Hukum, Fakultas Hukum, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya
  • Asri Meidyah Agustin Departemen Gizi, Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Airlangga, Surabay
  • Junaida Astina Food and Nutrition Program, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
September 30, 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has impact on various sectors, especially in the health sector. Efforts to prevent COVID- 19 can be done through the application of health protocols and balanced nutrition intake. There were a lot of misinformations related to COVID-19 prevention that might be a risk of increasing positive rate cases. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of conventional nutrition education on knowledge and self-efficacy of COVID-19 prevention efforts. Study subjects of this study were 23 adults aged 19-65 years and taken by total sampling method. Nutritional knowledge data were collected using a questionnaire containing ten questions, while self-efficacy was assessed by creating a structured questionnaire on a scale of 0-100. Conventional education was given in the form of lectures related to the role of balanced nutrition, hoaxes related to food to prevent or treat COVID-19, and other COVID-19 prevention efforts for 90 minutes. Before and after education data were analyzed using paired t-test with SPSS version 23. This study results showed that nutrition education significantly improves nutritional knowledge (mean score before and after = 69.6 + 10.2 and 85.7 + 10.4; p < 0.001), self-efficacy to apply a balanced nutrition pattern (mean scores before and after = 68.2 + 13.0 and 75.5 + 17.5; p = 0.014), and the self-efficacy of implementing the health protocol (mean score before and after = 82.3 + 7.8 and 87.0 + 6.8; p = 0.002). This research can be used as a benchmark for the importance of expanding the coverage of conventional nutrition education to the wider community.

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