WARTA PENGABDIAN ANDALAS - VOL. 27 NO. 3 (2020), 157-164 Terbit online pada laman web jurnal : http://wartaandalas.lppm.unand.ac.id/ Warta Pengabdian Andalas Jurnal Ilmiah Pengembangan dan Penerapan Ipteks ISSN : 0854-655X Peningkatan Pengetahuan Masyarakat Tentang Cuci Tangan Terkait Pandemi Covid-19 di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kuranji Padang Yuanita Ananda 1 , Nelwati 1 , Zifriyanthi Minanda Putri 1 , Muthmainnah 1 , dan Edo Gusdiansyah 2 1 Fakultas Keperawatan, Universitas Andalas, Kampus Limau Manis, Padang, 25163. Indonesia 2 STIKes Alifah Padang. Jl. Khatib Sulaiman No 52B Kelurahan Belanti, Padang, 25136. Indonesia E-mail: yuanitaananda@nrs.unand.ac.id Keywords: Covid-19, hand washing, knowledge, society ABSTRACT Entering the new normal era, people have started to carry out economic and social activities as usual. Even now the community is not afraid to be in a crowd without wearing a mask and not following the health protocol that has been socialized by the government. It is known that the number of new cases of patients infected with Covid- 19 every day is increasing with the most cases being in the city of Padang. One area that experienced an increase in the Covid case rate in the city of Padang was in the working area of the Kuranji Padang Health Center, in the Korong Gadang Village. The increase in these cases is due to lack of knowledge and awareness of the community against Covid-19 transmission and also the limitations of health workers in providing education to the community also become obstacles in the midst of this pandemic. Therefore, it is highly necessary to provide more in-depth education to people in the working area of the Kuranji Padang Health Center. Education was done online by giving a google form link to the public so that the pre-test and post-test scores are known and a booklet is given and this activity was carried out on July 7-8, 2020. The evaluation results showed that there is an increase in public knowledge about washing hands based on post-test. The activity would be monitored by the Health Center for the continuous education. Kata Kunci: Covid-19, cuci tangan, masyarakat, pengetahuan ABSTRAK Memasuki era new normal, masyarakat sudah mulai melakukan aktivitas ekonomi dan sosial seperti biasanya. Bahkan saat sekarang masyarakat sudah tidak takut berada ditempat keramaian tanpa menggunakan masker dan tidak mengikuti protokol kesehatan yang telah disosialisasikan oleh pemerintah. Diketahui bahwa angka kasus baru pasien terinfeksi Covid-19 setiap hari semakin meningkat dengan kasus terbanyak berada di kota Padang. Salah satu daerah yang mengalami peningkatan angka kasus Covid-19 di kota Padang yaitu di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Kuranji Padang yaitu di Kelurahan Korong Gadang. Peningkatan kasus tersebut disebabkan kurangnya pengetahuan dan kewaspadaan masyarakat terhadap penularan Covid-19 dan juga keterbatasan tenaga kesehatan dalam memberikan edukasi kepada masyarakat juga menjadi kendala di tengah pandemi ini. Oleh karena itu, sangat diperlukan sekali metode untuk pemberian edukasi yang lebih mendalam kepada masyarakat yang berada di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Kuranji Padang. Pelaksanaannya metode edukasi dilakukan secara online yaitu memberikan link google form kepada masyarakat sehingga diketahui nilai pre-test dan post-test serta