Citizens’ health practices during the COVID -19 pandemic in Indonesia: Applying the health belief model
Vol. 7 No. 4 (2021), Original Research Article
Vol. 7 No. 4 (2021)

Citizens’ health practices during the COVID -19 pandemic in Indonesia: Applying the health belief model

Original Research Article
Categories: Public Health and Community Nursing | COVID-19 & New Normal
https://doi.org/10.33546/bnj.1560
Eko Winarti
Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Midwifery, Universitas Kadiri, Kediri, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4443-5490
Chatarina Umbul Wahyuni
Faculty of Public Health, College of Epidemiology, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-5930
Yohanes Andy Rias
Faculty of Health and Medicine, College of Nursing, Institut Ilmu Kesehatan Bhakti Wiyata Kediri, Kediri, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5403-2161
Yudied Agung Mirasa
Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, Universitas Kadiri, Kediri, Indonesia| Technical Centre for Environmental Health and Disease Control, Surabaya, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0636-9063
Sondang Sidabutar
Faculty of Health, College of Public Health, Universitas Efarina, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9089-5447
Desi Lusiana Wardhani
Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Tulungagung, Tulungagung, Indonesia
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Keywords

COVID-19
 health belief model
 health knowledge
 Indonesia
 nursing
 practice

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Winarti, E., Umbul Wahyuni, C., Andy Rias, Y., Agung Mirasa, Y., Sidabutar, S., & Lusiana Wardhani, D. (2021). Citizens’ health practices during the COVID -19 pandemic in Indonesia: Applying the health belief model. Belitung Nursing Journal, 7(4), 277–284. https://doi.org/10.33546/bnj.1560
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Abstract

Background: Understanding the health practice of Indonesian residents and its related factors during the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial, but such association necessitates clarity. 

Objective: To examine the health practices of the Indonesian citizens and their correlations with knowledge and health belief model (perceived susceptibility, barriers, benefits, severity, and self-efficacy) during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Methods: A community-based online cross-sectional design was employed. The study was conducted from 10 July to 30 August 2020 among 552 citizens selected using convenience sampling. Sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, health belief model, and health practices, including wearing a mask, social distancing, and washing hands, were measured using validated questionnaires. Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and logistic regression were employed for data analysis.

Results: The adjusted AORs (95% CIs) of a good level of health practices—wearing the mask, social distancing, and washing hands—were 3.24 (1.52~6.89), 2.54 (1.47~4.39), and 2.11 (1.19~3.75), respectively, in citizens with the high level of knowledge. Interestingly, respondents with positively perceived susceptibility exhibited significantly good practice in wearing the mask (4.91; 2.34~10.31), social distancing (1.95; 1.08~3.52), and washing hands (3.99; 2.26~7.05) compared to those with negatively perceived susceptibility. In addition, perceived barriers, benefits, severity, and self-efficacy also exhibited a significantly good all variables of health practice regarding COVID-19 pandemic after adjusting for confounding variables.

Conclusion: Citizens with high levels of knowledge and positive levels of the health belief model had good practice of wearing masks, social distancing, and washing hands. The outcomes of this survey could encourage health professionals, including nurses, through management practices of nursing intervention based on the health belief model during the pandemic.

 

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University of Kadiri, Kediri, Indonesia (106/P.1/LP3M/XII/2020)

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