The Distribution of Free Mask and Education of How to Use and Manage Disposable Mask which have been Used Properly as an Effort to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19 or Corona Virus Disease-2019 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered corona virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). There are two main ways of transmitting the COVID-19 virus, namely respiratory droplets and contact. One example of respiratory protection is a mask. The use of masks is one of the efforts to minimize the spread of COVID-19. The purpose of this activity is to spread information, increase awareness and change people's behavior, especially to the target of social gathering mothers to be more obedient and obedient to health protocols, namely being able to apply how to use masks and manage disposable masks properly. The method used is direct counseling (face to face) by implementing health protocols during the COVID-19 period. From the questionnaire data on participants' satisfaction with this activity, the percentage of Fairly Good is 0.5%; Good by 49% and Very Good by 50.5% which can be concluded that the education carried out to the community has been delivered very well, this is based on the high score of the respondents after the education was carried out which can be used as a benchmark for success in this outreach activity.