GAMBARAN UPAYA PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN PANDEMI COVID-19 IBU DENGAN ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DI YOGYAKARTA

Background: Corona Virus (CoV) is a virus that causes respiratory tract infections with mild signs of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) to severe symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). COVID-19 can be transmitted from human to human, either through saliva, airbone or droplets. Other transmission through inanimate objects contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 such as door handles, light switches, toilet seats, cupboards, as well as airborne transmission or can be called droplet nuclei, the transmission can occur in medical procedures that produce aerosols with room space which is poorly ventilated. The percentage of COVID-19 cases in children was 1% and 2.4% of COVID-19 recorded data of 2,143 children with suspected positive cases of COVID-19, most of whom were diagnosed with asymptomatic symptoms. The immune system in children is still very vulnerable to being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of parents is very much needed to maintain children's health. Prevention that parents can take to children is carried out according to recommendations from the government such as social distancing, washing hands 6 steps, using a mask when traveling, regular eating patterns plus vitamins to maintain children's immunity, as well as exercise and adequate rest, these precautions can not be separated from the attention of a mother. Therefore, special attention needs to be paid, especially on the health of children where the age of children is an age that still really needs guidance from parents.Methods: Descriptive with non-experimental quantitative research methods. The sample of this research was 109 mothers of guardians of SD Negeri Ngebel Tamantirto Yogyakarta. This study has 1 variable that looks at the behavior of mothers in efforts to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic in school-age children. The instrument used for the Likert scale questionnaire. The analysis used is univariate analysis. Results: The results of this study show that maternal behavior in efforts to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic in school-age children is in a good category and looks at the results of maternal behavior in the crosstab to maternal age, child sex, mother's last education, and mother's monthly income. Conclusion: The description of the COVID-19 pandemic prevention behavior efforts of mothers with school-age children in Yogyakarta can be concluded that the percentage of COVID-19 pandemic prevention behavior in the good category is 80 mothers (73.4%).