48 JHE 7 (1) (2022) Journal of Health Education http://journal.unnes.ac.id/sju/index.php/jhealthedu Knowledge and Behavior of Te Gandu Village, Sleman Community Against Covid-19 Rafastiana Capritasari  , Adilla Arifyah Poltekkes TNI AU Adisutjipto Yogyakarta, Indonesia Article Info Article History: Submitted 17 Desember 2021 Accepted 15 Februari 2022 Published 30 April 2022 Keywords: Covid-19, Knowledge, Preventive Behavior DOI https://doi.org/10.15294/jhe. v7i1.52801 Abstract Background: Te Covid-19 pandemic caused by infection with the CoV-2 (Se- vere Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2) virus has become an event that threatens public health throughout the world. Te disease caused by the coronavirus is a new type of disease that was discovered in 2019 and has never been identifed to infect humans before. Methods: quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. Te sample in this study was 180 respondents selected by the purposive sampling technique. Te Knowledge and behavior data from respondents were collected through online and ofine questionnaires distributed from August to October 2021. Data analysis used bivariate analysis. Results: Te results showed that the majority of people showed good levels of knowledge about the pandemic Covid-19 (87,7%) and good behaviour (77,2%). Statistic results have shown p=0,000 meaning that there is a relationship be- tween knowledge and prevention practices. Conclusions: Knowledge can infuence the behaviour of Indonesian people. Providing valid and well-targeted knowledge has an impact on improving be- havior in community prevention eforts against Covid-19 infection.  Correspondence Address: Email : asticapritasari@gmail.com p-ISSN 2527-4252 e-ISSN 2528-2905