| Autor: |
Fatemeh Bakhtari Aghdam, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Kavous Shahsavarinia, Fatemeh Jafari, Leila Jahangiry, Neda Gilani |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
Archives of Public Health, Vol 79, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2049-3258 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13690-021-00702-4 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Determining people’s healthy behaviors related to COVID-19 could be effective in providing preventive measures. The present study aims to investigate preventive behaviors associated with COVID-19 including wearing masks and keeping physical distance among the passengers on buses and public taxis measures to evaluate the ventilation systems in these vehicles. Methods This cross-sectional study was performed on 753 passengers on buses and taxis in Tabriz, northwestern Iran, from 15 February to 1 March 2021. Multistage sampling method was used to select the participants. Tabriz was socioeconomically divided into three areas, including high, moderate, and low socioeconomic status. Three researchers were observed passengers behaviors standing at the selected stations and assessed their behaviors according to study checklist. Results In total, the data were gathered from 358 (47.5%) female and 395 (52.5%) male in public transport systems. The results of this study indicated that female passengers used masks significantly more than men (P |
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