Study of Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior And Efforts to Prevent The Covid-19 Pandemic Through Culture As Local Wisdom In West Kalimantan Province

Abstract

Abstract

The spread of COVID-19 was so fast, the first case appeared in Wuhan, China. Then in a short time, almost 86 other cases were reported from various countries such as Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, including Indonesia. The development of COVID-19 cases in West Kalimantan Province was reported by the West Kalimantan Provincial Health Office (2020), the death rate (CFR: 0.8%), all 14 districts and cities have found COVID-19 cases. This research was carried out on knowledge, attitudes, and social construction on the implementation of the COVID-19 pandemic health protocol for West Kalimantan Province. This research uses a mixed methods research design, which is a research step that combines two forms of research approaches, namely qualitative and quantitative. Quantitative using observational by distributing questionnaires via Google Forms. Meanwhile, qualitative uses ethnography with interviews. The sampling technique used random sampling, with the number of respondents who filled out the g-form being 673 people distributed in 14 districts/cities. The following is an overview of the research results, namely: 1) The distribution of COVID-19 cases on Kalimantan Island, West Kalimantan Province is at the lowest number of COVID-19 cases. 2) Knowledge of how to prevent COVID-19 for the majority of 286 respondents (43%) was in a good category/ Apart from that, knowledge of increasing body immunity, the majority of 581 respondents (86.32%) answered that it was not perfect. 3) Attitudes and behavior to prevent COVID-19. Then the social construction as local wisdom in implementing health protocols (5m) during the COVID-19 pandemic at the border.

Keywords: Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, Social Construction, local wisdom, COVID-19