The Effect of Counseling on Changes in Attitudes and Actions in Containing Covid-19 Vaccination in the Elderly at Unaaha Health Center, Konawe Regency

Abstract

Backgrounds: Based on December 2021 data, the Public Health Center with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination coverage for the elderly was Unaaha Health Center which had a target of 2088 elderly people who had to be vaccinated with the coverage of the first dose of vaccination only 277 (16.1%) and the second dose of 119 vaccination (6, 9%). This is what attracted researchers to conduct research on the Effect of Counseling on Changes in Attitudes and Actions in Conducting Covid-19 Vaccinations in the Elderly at the Unaaha Health Center, Konawe Regency. Methods: This type of research is Pre Experiment, the research design that will be used is One Group Pretest-Posttest Design.This research was conducted in the working area of ​​the Unaaha Public Health Center, Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, carried out in March 2022. While the sample used was 92 respondents. Results: Based on statistical tests, it is known that the exact sig (2-tailed) value shows a value of 0.000 <0.05 which means that there is a significant effect of counseling with the simulation method on changes in the attitude of the elderly and the exact sig (2-tailed) value shows a value of 0.000 <0.05 which means This means that there is a significant effect of counseling with the simulation method on changes in the actions of the elderly in carrying out Covid-19 vaccinations in the work area of ​​the Unaaha Health Center. Conclusion: There is a significant effect between counseling with the simulation method on changes in the attitudes and actions of the elderly in carrying out Covid-19 vaccinations in the work area of ​​the Unaaha Health Center.