Factors related to community compliance in implementing health protocols in RW 05 Setiamekar Village, Tambun Selatan sub-district during Covid-19 pandemic

Health protocols is imperative to prevent the exposure of corona viruses and its variants. The implementation of health protocols such as washing hands can reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission by around 35%, using an ordinary mask can reduce the risk by around 45%, meanwhile using a medical mask can reduce the risk by around 70%, keeping a distance of at least 1 meter with other people can reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 by around 85%. This research aims to obtain factors related to community compliance in implementing health protocols in RW 05 Setiamekar Village, Tambun Selatan Sub-District During the Covid-19 Pandemic. This research used a survey with a cross-sectional approach. The determination of sample was accidental sampling and 100 respondents participated in the survey. The percentage of ommunity compliance in implementing health protocols was 50%. There was no significant relationship between gender, age, work, education, experience of exposure to COVID-19, and knowledge of community compliance in implementing health protocols (p> 0.05). The low level of public knowledge regarding health protocols needs more attention. Although the community has been exposed to Covid-19, they were lack of awareness in implementing health protocols.