The safety behavior on the health screening system during pandemic COVID-19 in the university setting

¹ Health Behaviour, Environment and Social Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Indonesia
² Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Indonesia
³ Department of Health Behavior, Environment, and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: fikrijunior28@mail.ugm.ac.id

Abstract

Background: Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) had been creating health screening system as health promoting university (HPU) program. The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) was improve the potentially risk among health screening system officer. This study was aimed to explore the safety behavior of the health screening system officer during pandemic in UGM. Method: Qualitative study had been done in UGM Yogyakarta. This study was carried out in April – June 2021. In-depth interview and observation had performed to collect data. The research subject were health screening system officer and the leader of HPU in the faculty setting. Data was analyzed by using Open Code 4.02 software. Trust-worthiness was carried out by using triangulation and peer debriefing. Result: Five of 18 faculties had applied health screening system structurally. The infrastructure, officers’ recruitment system, and activities were varied among faculty. During the pandemic, officer should be involved in the preventing and controlling COVID-19 in their faculty. Meanwhile, the health screening system had been conducting in different setting by considering the safety principles. In addition, officers expressed their need to improve their capacity for conducting regular activities. Conclusion: The health screening system activities during pandemic in UGM was considering safety principles.