Pengaruh Pendidikan Kesehatan Metode Buzz Group terhadap Pengetahuan Ibu Hamil Tentang Pandemi COVID-19 di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Panti

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infected disease which caused by SarsCov-2 and it also called with pneumonia virus this disease are spreads quickly in the worldwide. Pregnant women are being a vulnerable group for this disease. They have a lack of immune system that impacts a physiological systems. Buzz Group is one of the effective method for increasing knowledge. The aim of this study is analyzed the effect of health education with Buzz Group method to increase the pregnant woman knowledge about COVID-19 pandemic in the work area of Panti Public Health Center. This study used Quasy-experimental method with pre-post test and used a control group design. The research sample technique used purposive sampling, consist of 20 pregnant women in the intervention group and 20 pregnant women in the control group. This study analyzed with Wilcoxon's test, the result showed that there is a significant effects of health education with buzz group method on pregnant women knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic (p value = 0.0001). The study analyzed with Mann Whitney's test, the results showed that there is a significant difference in the effects of buzz group method on intervention and control group (p value = 0.042). Based on these, the buzz group method can be used as one of f the granting health education to increasing knowledge. Keyword: , Buzz Group, Pregnant Wom