| Autor: |
Aregawi Gebreyesus, Kissanet Tesfay, Adanu Belay, Yirgalem Meles |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Scientific African, Vol 25, Iss , Pp e02301- (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2468-2276 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02301 |
| Popis: |
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has resulted in human health, economic, social, psychological, and political worldwide crises. Even though the countries were taking different prevention measures against COVID 19 pandemic, the infection spreads fast more than ever. This study aimed to assess the level of prevention practice measures against COVID-19 and risk factors in the Mekelle city, Tigray. We conducted a community cross-sectional study among 880 participants aged 15 and above years old in Mekelle city from July 05–28 2020. All associations have examined for statistical significance with alpha set at the 0.05 level. The findings of this study showed that the overall Practice preventive measures of COVID-19 among the Mekelle community were 36.8 % of 95 % CI of (33 % – 44 %). Regarding the factors associated with the outcome variable, being a health care worker and being resident in Hawelti, Semen, and Adi-Haki sub-cities were associated significantly with prevention measures of COVID-19. Thus, efforts should be made to improve the prevention measures. |
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