The Influence Of Health Policies, And The Role Of Public Figures On Compliance And Community Participation In Covid_19 Mitigation

Abstract

Indonesia ranks 17th in the world with the death victim due to the pandemic coronavirus disease (Covid_19). WHO confirmed that the Covid-19 cases in Indonesia dated on February 20, 2021 reached 1,263,299 cases with 34,152 cases of death due to Covid_19. This has become the focus of attention of the government, private sector and society in dealing with and suppressing the high cases of Covid-19 that happen Indonesia. This study aims to determine the direct and indirect effects of health policies and the role of Public figures on community compliance and participation in Covid_19 Mitigation. The results of statistical tests show that the health policy variable has a direct effect on community participation in mitigating Covid-19 by 7.1% and indirectly through the compliance intervening variable by 16.8%, the role variable of Public figures directly affects community participation in mitigation. covid-19 by 10.3% and indirectly by 20.3%. while the compliance variable also affects community participation in mitigating Covid-19 by 21.6%. Therefore this research can be an input for the government that in suppressing the high number of cases of the spread of covid-19 in Indonesia, it is necessary to increase knowledge and improve public attitudes towards health policies in overcoming covid_19 and also involve Public figures in providing support, guidance, motivation, directions and suggestions to the community so that create the community compliance which has an impact on active participation or community participation in the response to covid-19.