Pendidikan Kesehatan Media Booklet Mengurangi Kecemasan Ibu pada Imunisasi Dasar di Era Pandemi Covid-19

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed customary procedures, including causing disruptions in routine immunization programs. At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia, posyandu services had stopped and finally, during the implementation of immunization service activities, there was a decline. Data from observers of child immunization found that 83.9% of immunization services were disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the results in April 2020. One of factors was the feeling of worry and fear of mothers being infected with Covid-19 in health facilities including posyandu. Education is needed to change behavior of individuals for the better on this matter. This study aims to analyze health education with booklets on maternal anxiety in providing basic immunization in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic. The design of this study used quasi-experimental, data analysis using the Mc. Nemar. The results, there was an effect of providing health education with booklet media on the anxiety of mothers of babies 0-12 months in giving immunizations in the era of the covid-19 pandemic in the Desa Pekan Tanjung Morawa in 2021 with a p-value 0.015. There was a decrease in the number of respondents with mild anxiety from 65% to 33%, and no more respondents with moderate anxiety levels were found. The number of respondents who were not anxious increased by 39 people. The results of this study need to be carried out holistically related to immunization during the pandemic and others using booklets. 
 Keywords: Health Education, Immunization, Maternal Anxiety, Media Booklets , The Covid-19 Pandemic

Kecemasan Sebagai Faktor Determinan Kualitas Hidup Lansia pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19

“…Dengan adanya pemberitaan di masa pandemi terkait status perkembangan covid-19 atau kasus harian, serta beredarnya informasi yang tidak akurat di media sosial maupun media massa, dapat memunculkan kecemasan pada lansia. (Aritonang et al, 2021). Pada sebagian orang, pandemi covid-19 menimbulkan kekhawatiran atau ketakutan yang berlebihan serta memiliki prasangka curiga pada orang yang memiliki tanda dan gejala menderita penyakit covid-19 (Minannisa, 2021).…”

“…Tingkat kecemasan lansia dalam kategori sedang disebabkan karena pandemi Covid-19, lansia masih ketakutan jika bertemu dengan orang yang tidak dikenal dan berada di dalam keramaian. Hasil ini serupa dengan penelitian Aritonang et al, (2021) pandemi Covid-19 menimbulkan perasaan cemas mayoritas lansia berada di tingkat kecemasan ringan 23 lansia (56,1%) dengan ketakutan bertemu dengan orang dari kota, karena kota banyak terjangkit kasus Covid-19. Demikian juga, hasil penelitian Minannisa, (2021) sebagian orang khawatir atau ketakutan yang berlebihan dan memiliki prasangka curiga pada orang yang memiliki tanda gejala menderita covid-19.…”