Covid-19 impacts on residents’ behavior on accessing health services: Review on published studies in Special Region of Yogyakarta

Abstract

Covid-19 has been shown to affect the behavior of the residents in almost all sectors of life, including the behavior in accessing health services. This research constitute a review in an effort to summarize published studies related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the behavior of residents in the Special Region of Yogyakarta in accessing health services. A literature search was conducted on Google Scholar from early 2020 to May 2022 to identify all relevant studies with a number of keywords and various combinations. As a result, the quantitative research designs reviewed were more or dominantly applied by the researchers than the qualitative research designs. From the results of a quick survey, the information collected revolves around the behavior of the residents related to issues/topics of family planning and infant care-childbirth in accessing health services. Impact of Covid-19 has been shown to affect the behavior of the residents regarding attendance at health services. Factors that influence attendance to health services include education, age, occupation, husband's support, anxiety and also knowledge attitudes and perceptions of services factors. Understanding shifts in public health-seeking behavior and the factors influencing them will be relevant and helpful in planning future pandemic responses.