Awareness, perception and the practice of COVID-19 prevention among residents of a state in the South-South region of Nigeria: implications for public health control efforts
| Autor: | Chibianotu Ojimah, CI Tobin-West, Chris Newsom, John Nwolim Paul, Golden Owhonda, Ayo-Maria Olofinuka, Ifeoma Nwadiuto, Ifeoma Ndekwu, Doris Nria, Esther Azi, Omosivie Maduka, Vetty Agala, Chikezie Opara, Chinenye Okafor, Datonye Dennis Alasia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) media_common.quotation_subject Population Nigeria Surveys and Questionnaires Perception Pandemic Humans Risk communication Medicine education Pandemics media_common education.field_of_study SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Pillar COVID-19 Panic General Medicine Cross-Sectional Studies Female Public Health medicine.symptom business Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Health. 14:309-318 |
| ISSN: | 1876-3405 1876-3413 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/inthealth/ihab046 |
| Popis: | Background As with any epidemic, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has evoked panic, fear and misconceptions. The risk communication pillar of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre is responding to the pandemic by facilitating correct and consistent information to enable the adoption of behaviours to prevent and control COVID-19. This study explored awareness, perception and practice of COVID-19 prevention among residents in Rivers State, Nigeria, during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Methods This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey among 1294 adult residents across all districts of the state. It employed an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Knowledge was graded as excellent for scores of ≥80%, good for scores of 50–79% and poor for scores of Results The respondents were aged 18–80 y with an average age of 39.6 (SD=11.9) y. A total of 710 (54.9%) were male, 476 (36.8%) were unemployed with 685 (52.9%) having secondary education. The most common sources of information about COVID-19 were radio jingles (1102; 86.7%) and television adverts (940; 74.0%). Overall, 608 (47.0%) of the respondents had a poor knowledge of COVID-19. About 443 (34.9%) respondents believed they were unlikely to contract the virus. Only 505 (39.0%) of respondents washed all the critical parts of their hands correctly. Occupation (adjusted OR [AOR]=1.39, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.82, p=0.01), level of education (AOR=4.71, 95% CI 1.90 to 11.68, p Conclusions Broadcast media has a pivotal role to play in risk communication for behavioural change for the control of current and future epidemics in this population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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