OPTIMALISASI PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP REMAJA SEBAGAI AGENT OF CHANGE MENCEGAH PENULARAN COVID-19 MELALUI MEDIA VIDEO

Abstract

Abstrak: Laporan United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), 80 juta anak dan remaja di Indonesia mengalami dampak sekunder akibat pandemi, yaitu pembelajaran, kesehatan, gizi, dan ketahanan ekonomi. Angka kejadian COVID-19 anak usia sekolah (6-18 tahun) di Jawa Barat tercatat 6,8% dari jumlah kejadian positif (143.043 kasus per 18 Agustus 2020) menurun setelah pemerintah menerapkan belajar daring menjadi 42.330 kasus. Kasus COVID-19 pada anak naik kembali 15% per Agustus 2021. Anak dan remaja beresiko terpapar dari anggota keluarga yang terkonfirmasi, lingkungan dekat ataupun di luar rumah dimana anak dan remaja melakukan kegiatan. Masa remaja merupakan masa transisi dari kanak-kanak ke masa dewasa, pada masa ini seorang individu belum mampu bertanggung jawab, baik terhadap dirinya maupun terhadap masyarakat. Hal inilah yang menjadi salah satu faktor resiko kejadian COVID-19 pada anak dan remaja terus meningkat. Tujuan dari pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan sikap remaja masjid Mathla'ul Huda melalui pendidikan kesehatan dengan media video dalam upaya pencegahan COVID-19. Pengabdian masyarakat diikuti oleh 36 remaja masjid Mathla'ul Huda yang diharapkan dapat menjadi agent of change pencegahan COVID-19.

Abstract:  Reports from the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), 80 million children and adolescents in Indonesia are experiencing secondary impacts due to the pandemic, namely learning, health, nutrition, and economic resilience. The incidence of COVID-19 for school-age children (6-18 years) in West Java was recorded at 6.8% of the number of positive cases (143,043 cases as of August 18, 2020) which decreased after the government implemented online learning to 42,330 cases. COVID-19 cases in children rose again by 15% as of August 2021. Children and adolescents are at risk of exposure from confirmed family members, close environments or outside the home where children and adolescents carry out activities. Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, at this time an individual has not been able to be responsible, both to himself and to society. This is one of the risk factors for the increasing incidence of COVID-19 in children and adolescents. The purpose of this community service is to increase the knowledge and attitudes of the youth of the Mathla'ul Huda mosque through health education with video media in an effort to prevent COVID-19. The community service was attended by 36 teenagers from the Mathla'ul Huda mosque who were expected to become agents of change in preventing COVID-19.