Abstract
Positive COVID-19 cases in Malang City, Indonesia continue to increase. Until 04 August 2021, the COVID-19 update shows 3301 positive cases with 7754 cured and 832 deaths. This study aims to identify nurses preparedness in rural area community health centers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malang for self-control to implement health protocol. This study intends to provide insights on controlling COVID-19 spread in Malang, Indonesia. This research is a quantitative study with correlative analytic observational design and a cross-sectional approach involving 120 nurses from 16 primary health centers. The results of the bivariate analysis using gamma correlation test are: knowledge factors ( p = 0.005; r = 0.35), attitude ( p = 0.000; r = 0.46), means of infrastructure ( p = 0.000; r = 0.54), and self-control ( p = 0.000; r = 0.52) for the quarantined COVID-19 patients. Knowledge, attitude, infrastructure, and safe house factors can influence self-control for COVID-19. In rural areas, health education-as education and empowerment for patient self-control-is an effort to encourage them to obey health protocol during the pandemic. Nurse readiness and preparedness during the pandemic is crucial for strengthening the assertive behavior commitment through self-control. This ensures the community’s awareness of the importance of complying with health protocols for the common good. Mental nursing intervention needs to be added as a part of psychosocial therapy for the community’s social problems, primarily in reducing the pressure due to the social distancing enforcement to control and prevent COVID-19 spread.
Keywords: COVID-19; Community health centers; Disaster; Nurses; Preparedness; Readiness.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Nurses, preparedness, disaster, Community health centers, Readiness., 【초록키워드】 pandemic, protocol, social distancing, knowledge, cross-sectional, COVID-19 pandemic, Intervention, Spread, Health, Research, Patient, Indonesia, Community, correlation, Quantitative, COVID-19 patients, community health, Analysis, deaths, Nurse, Safe, health center, Factor, problems, COVID-19 case, city, effort, positive, readiness, approach, Prevent, identify, added, reducing, cured, Mental nursing, psychosocial therapy, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19 pandemic, Community, Nurse, health center, city,