Community Service; Clean and Healthy Living Behavior of Pre-School Children Prevents the Spread of Covid-19 in Konawe Regency Coastal Region of Southeast Sulawesi Province |Biomedgrid

Hand washing with soap (CTPS) is one of the sanitary measures by cleaning hands and fingers using water and soap, one indicator of clean and healthy living behavior are washing hands with soap. The purpose of this community service is to find out the ability to wash hands properly by using soap and running water in kindergarten children. The implementation methods in this activity include the preparation stage, the implementation stage and the evaluation stage. The partner in this activity is a kindergarten in Sorue Jaya Village. The result achieved from this container activity is that there are 25 kindergarten children who participate in hand washing activities there are 1 person (4%) who are able to wash their hands properly before doing the practice of washing their hands and there are 24 people (96%) who are not able to wash their hands properly. After the practice of washing hands there are 14 children (56%) who are able to wash their hands properly and there are 11 (44%) who are unable to wash their hands properly. The conclusion of the activity is that there is an improvement in hand washing skills properly after the practice of washing hands with 8 steps.