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Upaya pemutusan mata rantai penyebaran Covid-19 memerlukan pemahaman, pengetahuan sikap, serta persepsi yang baik dari seluruh elemen terutama masyarakat. Pada kasus pandemi Covid-19 saat ini, pengetahuan dan perilaku masyarakat tentang Covid-19 sangat diperlukan sebagai dasar masyarakat dalam melakukan upaya pencegahan Covid-19 yang telah diterapkan
oleh pemerintah. Pravelensi Covid-19 di Kota Solok adalah sebanyak 2.191 kasus dengan angka kematian sebanyak 59 kasus. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahun, sikap dan persepsi dengan upaya pencegahan Covid-19 diwilayah kerja Puskesmas Tanjung Paku Tahun 2021.
Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif dengan desain cross sectional study. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh masyarakat yang berada diwilayah kerja Puskesmas Tanjung Paku. Penelitian dilaksanakan
pada bulan Agustus 2021 dengan sampel berjumlah 97 orang. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara terpimpin dan observasi dengan panduan kusioner, kemudian data diolah secara komputerisasi dengan menggunakan uji statistik Chi-square. Hasil analisis Univariat diketahui 95,9% responden memiliki pengetahuan tinggi, 72,2% memiliki sikap positif, 49,5% memiliki persepsi positif dan masyarakat yang melakukan upaya pencegahan Covid-19 sebanyak 44,3% reponden dan 55,7% responden tidak melakukan upaya pencegahan Covid-19. Hasil Bivariat diperoleh tidak adanya hubungan antara pengetahuan (p = 0,627 dan OR = 2,471), sikap (p = 1,268 dan OR = 1,889) dan adanya hubungan yang signifikan antara persepsi (p = 0,000 dan OR = 6,909) dengan upaya pencegahan Covid-19. Kesimpulan dari penelitian menyatakan bahwa adanya hubungan antara persepsi dengan upaya pencegahan Covid-19 yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat di wilayah kerja puskesmas Tanjung Paku. Diharapkan kepada petugas kesehatan puskesmas Tanjung Paku, untuk lebih aktif dalam memberikan penyuluhan dan edukasi kepada masyarakat tentang pentingnya pencegahan Covid-19 sehingga
masyarakat dasar dan dapat melakukan upaya pencegahan Covid-19 dengan baik.

Efforts to break the chain of spread of Covid-19 require understanding, knowledge, attitudes, and good perceptions from all elements, especially the
community. In the current case of the Covid-19 pandemic, public knowledge and behavior about Covid-19 is very much needed as the basis for the community in carrying out Covid-19 prevention efforts implemented by the government. The prevalence of Covid-19 in Solok City is 2.191 cases with a death rate of 59 cases. The purpose of this research wasto determine The Correlation between Knowledge, Attitudes and Public Perceptions Toward Covid-19 Prevention Efforts in Tanjung Paku Community Health Center Working Area in 2021. The type of this research was quantitative descriptive method with cross sectional study design. The population was all people in Tanjung Paku Community Health Centerworking area. It was conducted on August 2021. Thesamples were 97 people. The data were collected through guided interviews and observation with a questionnaire guide. Then, it was processed by computerization by using Chi-square statistical test. The results of the Univariate analysis showed that 95.9% of respondents had high knowledge, 72.2% had a positive attitude, 49.5% had a positive perception and 44.3% of the respondents did the efforts to prevent Covid-19 and 55.7% of respondents did not take measures to prevent Covid-19. Bivariate results
obtained that there was no relationship between knowledge (p = 0.627 and OR = 2.471), attitude (p = 1.268 and OR = 1.889) and a significant relationship between perception (p = 0.000 and OR = 6.909) and efforts to prevent Covid-19. In short, it can be concluded that there was a relationship between
perception and efforts to prevent Covid-19 carried out by the community in the
working area of Tanjung Paku Community Health Center. It is hoped that health
workers at the Tanjung Paku Health Center will be more active in providing
counseling and education to the public about the importance of preventing Covid19 so that the community can make efforts to prevent Covid-19 properly.