www.ijcmr.com Section: Public Health International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research Section: Public Health ISSN (Online): 2393-915X; (Print): 2454-7379 | Volume 8 | Issue 6 | June 2021 F1 Correlation Knowledge with Attitudes and Behaviors about the Benefts of Bath in Prevention of Covid-19 in Communities in Kupang City Ayu Merisca Fanggidae 1 , Christina Olly Lada 2 , Rr. Listyawati Nurina 3 , Idawati Trisno 4 ORIGINAL RESEARCH ABSTRACT Introdcution: Vitamin D can be obtained from sunbathing activities, where one of the effects of vitamin D is to reduce the risk of viral infections, especially COVID-19. East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), including the city of Kupang, is one of the areas that has a hot season ranging from 6 months in a year. Research on the relationship between knowledge and attitudes and behavior regarding the benefts of sunbathing in preventing COVID-19 has not been widely carried out, especially in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) which has quite high sun exposure. Study purpose was to fnd out the relationship between knowledge and attitudes and to know the relationship between knowledge and behavior about the benefts of sunbathing in preventing COVID-19 in the community in Kupang City. Material and methods: Observational analytic with cross sectional design for people in Kupang City who are 17-45 years old, have a smartphone and can access the internet, are able to use the google form application and who live in Kupang City. The method of measurement is by flling in 10 knowledge statements, 9 attitude statements and 4 behavioral questions on the questionnaire. The sampling technique used a combination of consecutive and snowball sampling with a total sample of 290 people who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. This research was analyzed by univariate including age, gender, occupation, latest education, marital status and sub-district and analyzed by bivariate including knowledge of attitudes and knowledge of behavior using the Spearman test. Result: Of the 290 respondents, 208 people had high knowledge (71.7%), 63 people had moderate knowledge (21.7%) and 19 people had low knowledge (6.6%), 203 people had good attitudes (70.0%),enough attitude 83 people (28.6%) and lack of attitude 4 people (1.4%), respondents who have good behavior are 119 people (41.0%), suffcient behavior 66 people (22.8%) less 105 people (36,%). The results of the bivariate analysis test between knowledge and attitudes and the bivariate analysis test between knowledge and behavior in this study were obtained p = 0.000 (p <0.05). Conclusion: There is a relationship between knowledge and attitude and there is a relationship between knowledge and behavior about the benefts of sunbathing in preventing COVID-19 in the community in Kupang City. Keywords: Sunbathing Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior. INTRODUCTION Coronavirus disease or known as COVID-19 is a very contagious disease and can cause death. Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on June 2, 2020, COVID-19 has caused 376,320 deaths worldwide and confrmed positive as many as 6,194,533 cases. 2 Data from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) dated June 2, 2020, total COVID-19 cases -19 in Indonesia, 27,549 cases and 1,663 people died. 3 Data released by the Provincial Health Offce (Dinkes) on June 2, 2020 shows that in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) 97 cases were confrmed positive and 1 person died with the second highest prevalence 27 cases were positive in Kupang City. 4 Based on this data, it can be said that the virus spreads very quickly, it was recorded that within 6 months there were approximately 210 countries in the world that were reported to be positive for COVID-19. 2 According to WHO, the spread is through droplets when sneezing and coughing. 1 Coronavirus disease is a self-limiting disease and has not found a vaccine or drug that can cure this disease, but can be prevented by maintaining and increasing body immunity. 5 Low immunity will cause viruses or other microorganisms that cause disease to more easily replicate in the body. 6 This is in accordance with research conducted by Nelli (2007) which states that one of the factors that causes decreased immunity is nutritional status. If a person's nutritional status is decreased or less, it will be more susceptible to viral or viral infections replicating more easily because the immune response and immunological memory are not working properly. Low immunity can lead to a reduced number of T-helper cells and disruption of phagocytosis so that the body's immune response center is T lymphocytes cannot produce cytokines and mediators as body defense. 6 Another thing that needs to be considered is the adequacy of vitamin D levels in the body. One of the vitamins that has an important role in the immune system is vitamin D. 1 College Student, Dapartement of Medical Faculty, Universitas Nusa Cendana, 2 Doctor, Department of Nutrition. Medical Faculty, Universitas Nusa Cendana, 3 Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacology and Therap. Medical Faculty, Universitas Nusa Cendana, 4 Doctor, Department Community Medicine. Medical Faculty, Universitas Nusa Cendana Corresponding author: Ayu Merisca Fanggidae, Oeklipi Street, Maulafa, Kupang City, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia How to cite this article: Fanggidae AM, Lada CO, Nurina RL, Trisno I. Correlation knowledge with attitudes and behaviors about the benefts of bath in prevention of covid-19 in communities in Kupang City. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research 2021;8(6):F1-F6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21276/ijcmr.2021.8.6.21