Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Parents toward School Reopening Amidst Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Indonesia

Abstract

Objectives: Recently, the subject of reopening schools has raised several concerns, especially on the possibility of new COVID-19 cluster cases. The parent's role is essential in this matter. Therefore, this study aims to understand the parents' knowledge, attitude, and behavior toward COVID-19 in Indonesia.
 Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 206 Indonesian parents. A 55-items questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of subjects. In this study, median split tests, Kruskal-Wallis, Cronbach's α, and Pearson correlation test were used.
 Results: Subjects were found to have high levels of knowledge, especially in the knowledge of COVID-19 as a contagious viral disease (98.5%), and the necessity for children to maintain personal hygiene to prevent COVID-19 (98.5%). Subjects' attitudes were highest at understanding how to prevent COVID-19 (95.1%) and teaching children how to avoid COVID-19 (98.1%). Subjects' attitude was lowest at hearing the news of the death of COVID-19 scares them (72.8%), and on how their child(ren) are getting bored at home because of COVID-19 (69.9%). Subjects' are shown to have high levels of behavior in every question. This study found a significant correlation between socioeconomic status and subjects' knowledge (p = 0.007).
 Conclusion: This study revealed a lack of understanding of prevention strategies among low-income households. Hence, there is a need for targeted messaging and health education in low-income settings that consider the challenges they may face when attempting their children to practice COVID-19 prevention if schools reopen.
 Keywords: COVID-19, Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, Parents, Indonesia

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“…The maternal functioning variable was assessed using the questionnaire compiled by Barkin et al ( 2010 ), with a Cronbach alpha of 0.87, and adapted into Indonesian by Ansariniaki et al ( 2021 ). Furthermore, the knowledge, attitude, and behavior variables were measured using the questionnaire compiled by Nourmoradi et al ( 2020 ), with a Cronbach alpha of 0.80, and adapted into Indonesian by Juliansen et al ( 2021 ). Permission to use all questionnaires was obtained from the original authors or copyright holders of the instruments.…”