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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding COVID‑19 in N’Djamena, Chad
- Source :
- Journal of Community Health
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- The first African COVID-19 case was reported in Egypt in February 2020. Since then, Sub-Saharan countries have struggled to respond to the pandemic. Among them, Chad is characterized by a high rate of poverty and mortality, a high burden of infectious diseases, insufficient epidemiological surveillance and underdeveloped infrastructure. In this study, we explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) regarding COVID-19 within the Chadian population, to determine whether there are more vulnerable groups of the population that require greater attention from authorities. This study was designed as a cross-sectional survey conducted in N'Djamena, Chad, using a convenience sampling technique that included 2269 participants. The study was conducted in May and August 2020. Questions regarding technical concepts were answered incorrectly by most participants (83.65%). The population had better knowledge about concrete aspects of the pandemics, such as prevention measures and contagion. Regarding attitudes, 34.55% participants were very concerned about the possibility of being infected, 81.27% were unsatisfied/very unsatisfied with their social relationships after the pandemic began, and 68.44% thought that the pandemic was a disturbing/very disturbing issue. As for practices, 49.41% of men followed all preventive measures compared to 32.07% of women, and 3.04% of people with vulnerable jobs did not respect any of preventive measures compared to 1.19% of people without this condition. Gender, job conditions and educational level impact KAPs within the Chadian population. It is suggested that local authorities in Chad should consider these variables when developing health strategies.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health (social science)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Chad
Cross-sectional study
Population
Health Behavior
Personal Satisfaction
Health(social science)
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Practices
Environmental health
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Pandemics
education.field_of_study
Original Paper
Public health
030505 public health
Poverty
SARS-CoV-2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Knowledge
Cross-Sectional Studies
Mental Health
Attitude
Africa
Social relationship
Epidemiological surveillance
Educational Status
Female
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15733610 and 00945145
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e31da03c1dfc26421f476366e1971db9
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-00963-8