| Autor: |
ALAO, Oluwagbenga, BAMIWUYE, Olubunmi, OLANREWAJU, Khadijat, ILUPEJU, James |
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AgroLife Scientific Journal; 2024, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p15-24, 10p |
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The study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAPs) towards COVID-19 among rural farmers in Osun state, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to select 270 rural farmers in three agricultural development zones. Structured interview schedule was used to elicit information on respondents' socioeconomic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practice of COVID-19 preventive measures. The overall level of knowledge was found to be moderate in all the four domains investigated: transmission (62.6%); knowledge of symptoms (68.2%); knowledge of prevention (55.9%) and knowledge of the disease itself (72.6%). Majority (69.6%) of the rural farmers had a poor attitude, towards COVID-19. Majority (75.6%) of the rural farmers' compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures was moderate Regression analysis results revealed that years of schooling and farm market distance were significantly related to KAP [F (26.243) = 4.55; p<0.01]. The study concluded that majority of the farmers were at the moderate level of KAP, and thus advocated the need for more effective intervention in the area of knowledge and practice of preventive measures among the farming populations in the event of any emergent epidemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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