Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS CoV-2 is a new type of coronavirus that has never been identified in humans.There are at least two types of coronavirus that are known to cause diseases that can cause severe symptoms, such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). As a result of the spread of Covid-19, it causes impacts such as there are many fields of work that are laid off, changes in people's behavior, especially in the health sector, to the economic impact. Knowledge about the Covid-19 disease is very important so as not to cause an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. Knowledge of Covid-19 patients can be interpreted as the result of knowing from patients about the disease, understanding the disease, how to prevent it, treat it and its complications. This study uses a quasi-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test designs. The instruments in this study were questionnaires and leaflets. The questionnaire was given using a Google form link to outpatients at the UPTD Pare Health Center, Kediri Regency, which included knowledge about Covid-19 prevention and contained 10 questions. Based on the 20 respondents, most of the respondents were in the criteria of late adolescence 17-25 years as many as 8 people (40%), female sex as many as 17 people (85%), high school education as many as 10 people (50%). during the pre-test with sufficient category as many as 10 respondents (45%), while at the post-test with good category as many as 8 people (40%). There is an increase in respondents' knowledge about preventing the transmission of
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