Increased Knowledge About COVID-19 Vaccination of Non-Medical College Students in Surabaya

Abstract

Introduction: The increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia that occur every day makes the government continue to promote the COVID-19 vaccination program as a form of preventing the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. But, the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia is still relatively low, where on July 15, 2021, dose 1 was 19.82% and dose 2 was 7.79%. The majority of people who are worried about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines express distrust of vaccines and question the halalness of vaccines. This illustrates the lack of knowledge about COVID-19 vaccination. The aim of this study is to increase the knowledge of non-medical college students in Surabaya about COVID-19 vaccination, so that they can be able to provide vaccination education to their environment, increase public enthusiasm to participate in the vaccination program, and have an impact on accelerating the vaccination program in Indonesia. Method: The measurement of the level of knowledge was conducted in Surabaya at the COVID-19 vaccination education socialization online event with the sample of non-medical college students in Surabaya. The measurement instrument used is through pre-test and post-test questions which were filled out through an online form by the sample before and after receiving educational socialization. Sample selection method with total sampling with the results obtained 92 samples. All data were processed using a statistical analysis program with the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test with a significant value at p<0.05. Results: The results obtained are an increase in the average value between the pre-test and post-test (65.21; 77.85). There is a significant difference in knowledge of COVID-19 vaccination between the pre-test and post-test with a value of p<0.001 (p<0.05). Conclusion: Based on data from online educational socialization events that have been held, there is an increased knowledge and a significant difference in knowledge of the COVID-19 vaccine in 92 non-medical college students in Surabaya as indicated by the results of the evaluation scores between the pre-test and post-test.