The Relationship between Volunteer Preparedness and the Action of Spraying Disinfectants in Preventing Covid 19 at PMI North Sumatra Province in 2021

Abstract

Transmission of Covid-19 occurs through the transmission of droplets from the nose or mouth of someone who is infected with Covid-19 when breathing or coughing. These droplets can enter the body directly, namely the inhalation of droplets from an infected person.They are concerned to see the number of Covid 19 cases continue to increase, they want to know information on preventing Covid 19. They say they are ready to take action by spraying disinfectants to prevent Covid 19. The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between volunteer preparedness and the act of spraying disinfectants in preventing Covid 19 at PMI. This research is a non-experimental research with descriptive correlation with cross sectional research design. The sampling technique used was non-probability sampling, the sample in this study was 30 which included in the inclusion criteria, the data analysis test of this study was the Chi-Square test. The results showed that the level of preparedness in preventing Covid 19 was mostly ready as many as 25 respondents (83.3%), and data that the level of spraying in the prevention of Covid 19 was mostly carried out by 25 respondents (83.3%). The results of calculations using SPSS were obtained with a significance value (p-value) of 0.000 <0.005. PMI Volunteers are expected to be more prepared in giving. Prevention of Covid- to come to the Posyandu. For institutions, it is hoped that the results of this research will serve as a reference in encouraging and motivating other students to develop and obtain good theories, models and implementation methods from this research or other research.