Places Nigerians visited during COVID-19 government stay-home policy: evidence from secondary analysis of data collected during the lockdown.

Autor:	Olatunji DI; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Okusanya BO; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria., Ebenso B; Nuffield Centre for International Health & Development, University of Leeds, United Kingdom., IfeomaUsuwa S; Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Akeju D; Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, Nigeria., Adejoh S; Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, Nigeria., Ochu CL; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Onoja MA; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Okediran JO; Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Nwiyi GO; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Yahya D; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Eziechina S; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria., Igumbor E; Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria.; School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of public health in Africa [J Public Health Afr] 2023 Apr 21; Vol. 14 (3), pp. 2244. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 21 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.4081/jphia.2023.2244
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Compliance with the Government's lockdown policy is required to curtail community transmission of Covid-19 infection. The objective of this research was to identify places Nigerians visited during the lockdown to help prepare for a response towards future infectious diseases of public health importance similar to Covid-19. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of unconventional data collected using Google Forms and online social media platforms during the COVID-19 lockdown between April and June 2020 in Nigeria. Two datasets from: i) partnership for evidencebased response to COVID-19 (PERC) wave-1 and ii) College of Medicine, University of Lagos perception of and compliance with physical distancing survey (PCSH) were used. Data on places that people visited during the lockdown were extracted and compared with the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all independent variables and focused on frequencies and percentages. Chi-squared test was used to determine the significance between sociodemographic variables and places visited during the lockdown. Statistical significance was determined by P<0.05. All statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS version 22. Results: There were 1304 and 879 participants in the PERC wave-1 and PCSH datasets, respectively. The mean age of PERC wave-1 and PCSH survey respondents was 31.8 [standard deviation (SD)=8.5] and 33.1 (SD=8.3) years, respectively.In the PCSH survey, 55.9% and 44.1% of respondents lived in locations with partial and complete covid-19 lockdowns, respectively. Irrespective of the type of lockdown, the most common place visited during the lockdown was the market (shopping); reported by 73% of respondents in states with partial lockdown and by 68% of respondents in states with the complete lockdown. Visits to families and friends happened more in states with complete (16.1%) than in states with partial (8.4%) lockdowns. Conclusions: Markets (shopping) were the main places visited during the lockdown compared to visiting friends/family, places of worship, gyms, and workplaces. It is important in the future for the Government to plan how citizens can safely access markets and get other household items during lockdowns for better adherence to stay-at-home directives for future infectious disease epidemics. Competing Interests: Conflict of interest: the authors declare no potential conflict of interest. Ethics approval and consent to participate ethical approval for this secondary analysis was granted by the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital Ethical Review Board: ADM/DSCST/HREC/APP/4583. Deidentified survey datasets were used to maintain the anonymity of the participants in the original survey following obtaining permission from the data owners. (©Copyright: the Author(s).)
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