TY - JOUR T1 - Improvement in knowledge and perception about the controlling of COVID-19: best practice of apothecary student A1 - Chynthia Pradiftha Sari A1 - Suci Hanifah A1 - Yulianto Yulianto A1 - Dian Medisa A1 - Zahrotun Nafiah A1 - Muhammad Alfian Lutfi JF - Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Education and Research JO - J Adv Pharm Educ Res SN - 2249-3379 Y1 - 2023 VL - 13 IS - 2 DO - 10.51847/jN8OIfMTdi SP - 6 EP - 11 N2 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been admitted by WHO as a global pandemic. The successes-ness in controlling COVID-19 is extremely affected by the knowledge and perception of society. Apothecary students must be competent in carrying out the health promotion effort; one of them is through education. Discovering the impact of education from apothecary students in improving knowledge and perception of the society in controlling COVID-19. One group Quasi-experimental design without a control group (n=102). The data was conducted in March-April 2020 using a validated questionnaire containing the respondents' demographic, knowledge, and perception of COVID-19. This research is ≥ 18 years old, does not work as a health worker/medical personnel, domiciled in Yogyakarta, and fills up the pre-test and post-test questionnaire. The data were analyzed descriptively and used the Wilcoxon test (p UR - https://japer.in/article/improvement-in-knowledge-and-perception-about-the-controlling-of-covid-19-best-practice-of-apotheca-1yxqpmnri1f3rp7 ER -