The COVID-19 pandemic is still going on even though the vaccination program has been implemented and the morbidity rate has decreased. Health protocols must still be carried out in the new normal era, especially in communities that interact with many people, such as the online motorcycle taxi driver community. This study aims to identify the association between perception and compliance with the application of Health protocols in the online motorcycle taxi driver community with a nursing theory approach namely the health promotion model from Pender. This research was a descriptive correlational method with a cross-sectional approach with a total sample of 100 respondents recruited by a consecutive sampling technique. Variables were measured using a questionnaire. The results of this study showed that most respondents have very good perceptions of health protocols (47%) but have poor compliance (42%). Spearman correlation test resulted in p = 0.002 with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.309. These results show that there is a significant but weak correlation between perception and compliance with health protocols for online motorcycle taxi drivers. This is because the other factors that also affect health protocols such as knowledge, infrastructure, and supervision from the government. Health education, supervision from the government, and infrastructure to support the implementation of health protocols are needed to be improved again.
Keywords : Perception, Pender, Compliance, Online motorcycle taxi driver