Abstract

The elderly group is a group at risk of exposure to COVID-19, so it is necessary to have COVID-19 prevention behaviors, such as knowledge, attitudes, actions and social support among the elderly group in the working area of the Atambua City Health Center, in Belu Regency. This research is a quantitative research using descriptive research methods. The number of samples in this study were 100 elderly people, in the work area of the Atambua City Health Center. With a random sampling technique, data collection used a questionnaire of knowledge, attitudes, actions, and social support which had been declared valid and reliable. The results of the study found that 86.0% of the elderly had good knowledge about preventing COVID-19, and 88.0% of the elderly who had a good attitude towards preventing COVID-19 were good at preventing COVID-19, as much as 83.0%. Meanwhile, the elderly who have good social support for preventing COVID-19 are 87.0%, in the working area of the Atambua City Health Center, Belu Regency.
 Keywords: Behavior, Social Support, Elderly, COVID-19.

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