Edukasi Pencegahan Penyebaran Covid-19 Pada Anak Usia Dini di TPA AN-NUR
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic which spread massively throughout the world in 2020 has had a significant impact on various aspects of people's lives, including early childhood groups. Children aged 0–6 years have limited understanding of health protocols, requiring a specialized and adaptive educational approach. This community service activity aims to provide education on preventing the spread of Covid-19 to early childhood children at the AN-NUR Al-Quran Study Center (TPA) in Merauke Regency. The activity was carried out on July 21, 2021, involving 35 children, 12 parents/guardians and 3 educators. The methods used were interactive lectures, live demonstrations, educational games, and the distribution of visual media (posters and leaflets). The results of the activity showed that children's knowledge of Covid-19 health protocols had improved, going from poor to good through behavioral observations of parents. Furthermore, educators' awareness and capacity to integrate health protocols into teaching and learning activities increased. This activity affirms the importance of collaboration between higher education institutions and TPA in supporting pandemic response efforts at the grassroots level, particularly in remote areas such as Merauke Regency.
Keywords: Covid-19; early childhood; health education
References
Anik Vega Vitianingsih. (2026). Game Edukasi Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini. Jurnal INFORM Vol. 1, No. 1
Alifia, V., & Hendriana, B. (2021). Video Animasi yang Dapat Meningkatkan Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat (PHBS) pada Masa Pandemi Covid 19 untuk Anak Usia Dini. Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini Undiksha, 9(2), 243–251. https://doi.org/10.23887/paud.v9i2.37156
Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Harvard University Press.
Fleming, N.D. (1995). I'm different; not dumb. Modes of presentation (VARK) in the tertiary classroom, in Zelmer,A., (ed.) Research and Development in Higher Education, Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Conference of the Higher Education and Research Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA),HERDSA, Volume 18, pp. 308 - 313
Green, L. W., & Kreuter, M. W. (2005). Health program planning: An educational and ecological approach (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill.
Kolb, D. A. (2015). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development (2th ed.). Pearson Education, United States of America.
Kemenkes Info Krisis kesehatan. (2021). Infografis COVID-19 Indonesia. https://penanggulangankrisis.kemkes.go.id/infografis-covid-19-indonesia-08-juli-2021-1600-wib
Minkler, M., & Wallerstein, N.(2008). Community-based participatory research for health: From process to outcomes (2th ed.). Jossey-Bass.
Nutbeam, D. (2000). Health literacy as a public health goal: A challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century. Health Promotion International, 15(3), 259–267. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/15.3.259
Portal Merauke. (2021). COVID-19 TERUPDATE. https://portal.merauke.go.id/berita/covid-19-terupdate-sabtu-10-juli-2021
Portal Merauke. (2021). COVID-19 TERUPDATE. https://portal.merauke.go.id/berita/covid-19-terupdate-hari-senin-12-juli-2021
Rendy Setyowahyudi, M Fadlillah, Ida Yeni Rahmawati, Uki Suhendar. (2021). Pengaruh Permainan Ultaco terhadap Kemampuan Mengenal Protokol Kesehatan COVID-19 Anak RA. ThufuLA: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan Guru Raudhatul Athfal. Volume 9 issue 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.21043/thufula.v9i2.11190
Sholichah, R., & Fadhilah, N. R. (2021). Sosialisasi Protokol Kesehatan di masa Pandemi melalui Aktifitas Mewarnai Damar Kurung pada Anak Usia Dini. Atthiflah: Journal of Early Childhood Islamic Education, 8(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.54069/atthiflah.v8i1.121
UNICEF Indonesia. (2020). Laporan Tahunan 2020 Indonesia. UNICEF. https://www.unicef.org/indonesia
Viner, R. M., Russell, S. J., Croker, H., Packer, J., Ward, J., Stansfield, C., Mytton, O., Bonell, C., & Booy, R. (2020). School closure and management practices during coronavirus outbreaks including Covid-19: A rapid systematic review. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 4(5), 397–404. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30095-X
World Health Organization. (2020). WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on Covid-19 – 11 March 2020. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches
Woolfolk, A. (2019). Educational Psychology (14th ed.). Pearson Education.
Zukmadini, A.Y., Karyadi, B., & Kasrina, K. (2020). Edukasi Perilaku Hidup Bersih dan Sehat (PHBS) dalam Pencegahan COVID-19 Kepada Anak-Anak di Panti Asuhan. Jurnal Pengabdian Magister Pendidikan IPA, 3(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.29303/jpmpi.v3i1.440.
