A study on awareness regarding swine flu (influenza A H1N1) pandemic in an urban community of Karnataka

Shilpa, K; Kumar, BA Praveen; Kumar, Sanjiv; Ugargol, Amit R; Naik, Vijaya A.; Mallapur,

doi:10.4103/0975-2870.144862

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“…22 Taking this a step further, to flatten the curve of the spread of SARS-CoV-2, ie, social isolation, appropriate face mask usage, following rules of social distancing, avoidance of "3C" (Closed, Crowded or involving Close contact), 23 and proper hand washing practice or sanitization are among the most frequently recommended intervention measures. 24,25 Hence, HCWs are at the forefront of infection prevention, and they are potentially at risk of getting the disease. 26 Therefore, all possible actions must be taken to control the spread of the infection to HCWs.…”

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Knowledge and Practice Toward Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Among Healthcare Workers at Delghi Primary Hospital During a Massive Test Campaign in Northwest Gondar, Ethiopia: Institution-Based Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey

Shibabaw¹,

Teferi²

2021

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Background Since December 29, 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading and is associated with notoriously increased morbidity and mortality of populations worldwide, including Ethiopia. Medicine and the healthcare system have been challenged by both first and second-waves of SARS-CoV-2. During this entire crisis, the main purpose of this study was to determine the current evidence on the level of awareness and prevention practice of healthcare workers (HCWs) at the district primary hospital, Delghi Primary Hospital (DPH) regarding COVID-19 in the overall effort to control the spread of the virus. Methods Institutional-based descriptive cross-sectional analysis was performed between late August and September 20, 2020. Participants of the study were HCWs with various occupations at DPH, North West Gondar, Ethiopia. In this study, among 112 health professions, we included a total of 104 HCWs. Written consent was obtained for willingness of the study participants from the DPH administrative office. Then, using a pre-tested, structured, and self-administered questionnaire, data were collected. The questionnaire included socio-demographics, sources of information, knowledge, and practice measures regarding COVID-19. The collected data were analyzed through IBM SPSS version 20. As a cut-off value, ≥8 out of 15 knowledge questions and ≥7 out of 14 practice questions were considered good knowledge and practice, respectively. Results The result of this study showed the majority of the respondents were male (71/104, (68.3%)), with a median age of 28 (minimum age 20 and maximum age 50) years. Thus, 94.2% (n=98/104) was the overall rate of correctly answered questions out of 15 knowledge questions. However, 40.6% of them had poor prevention practices. 73.1% of participants used regular hand-washing with soap and 64.4% used hand sanitizer and handshake avoidance equally for prevention purposes. Whereas, social distancing rule and mask-wearing were reported as impracticable by 55.8% and 44.2%, respectively. Conclusion 94.2% of HCWs had a good level of knowledge about COVID-19; in contrast, lack of preventive practice was observed. This implies that there is a gap between knowledge and implementation of preventive measures toward the disease.

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Knowledge and Practice Toward Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Among Healthcare Workers at Delghi Primary Hospital During a Massive Test Campaign in Northwest Gondar, Ethiopia: Institution-Based Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey

Shibabaw¹,

Teferi²

2021

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“…By constructing the Hamiltonian function and then implementing Pontryagin's maximal principle, this subsection establishes the necessary condition for the optimal control problem. The control problem's objective function is provided by (9). Let 𝜒 j , j = 1, … , 7 denote the adjoint variable,…”

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Nonlinear analysis and dynamics of COVID‐19 mathematical model with optimal control strategies

Muthukumar

Myilsamy

Balakumar

et al. 2023

Optim Control Appl Methods

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Efficacy of the healthcare system and illumination (awareness) activities control COVID‐19. To defend public health, the spreading pandemic of COVID‐19 disease necessitates social distancing, wearing masks, personal cleanliness, and precautions. Due to inadequate awareness programs, COVID‐19 rapidly increases in India. The primary goal of this research is to investigate the spreading behavior of the COVID‐19 virus in India when people are aware of the disease. We find the optimum value of disease transmission rate and detection of the unidentified asymptomatic and symptomatic populations. An optimal control problem is designed with limited resource allocation to improve the recovered individuals. A stability analysis presents for emphasizes the relevance of disease awareness in preventing the spread of the disease. The control parameters are used to explore the increase and decrease of the infected individual with and without control in optimal control analysis. The model is simulated using the Hattaf‐fractional derivative to study the memory effect in the epidemic. To adapt the model to the total number of reported COVID‐19 cases in India, we collected data from March 20, 2021 to September 30, 2021. According to the simulation results, the pandemic would spread faster if awareness campaigns were improperly carried out.

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“…Pandemic experience with previous infectious diseases has shown that inappropriate knowledge and willingness to take precautions weaken preventive efforts for disease states. [16][17][18] Increased disease awareness and positive attitude and behavior have been found to effectively control the spread of contagious diseases. [19][20][21] Some studies have shown that the majority of pregnant women have sufficient knowledge, positive attitudes, and practices for preventive behaviors against COVID-19 [21][22][23][24] ; others justified the need to raise awareness and recommend health education.…”

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COVID‐19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Iranian pregnant and postpartum women: A national study

Changizi

Eshraghi

Ghafoori

et al. 2023

J of Obstet and Gynaecol

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BackgroundTo control the spread of COVID‐19, Iran has adopted rigorous precautionary and preventive measures, particularly for vulnerable groups. Considering the effects of knowledge and attitudes about COVID‐19 on adherence to preventive measures, we examined women's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) from pregnancy to 6 weeks postpartum about COVID‐19 during this pandemic.MethodsIn a cross‐sectional study, 7363 women were recruited via an online questionnaire between June 23, 2021 and July 7, 2021. The questionnaire consisted of 27 questions, measuring KAP.ResultsMost of the participants had a good understanding of COVID‐19 (Mean: 7.30 out of 9, standard deviation [SD]: 1.27), but the knowledge of the disease's main symptoms and modes of transmission was at the lowest levels. The mean attitudes score was 31.47 out of 50 (SD: 7.70). The participants had good practices against COVID‐19 with a mean score of 35.48 out of 40 (SD: 3.94). To reduce anxiety and fear during the pandemic, half of our participants strongly emphasized the role of family emotional support. Income status and educational levels were the most significant variables influencing KAP (p‐value ≤0.001). A correlation was found between knowledge and practice scores (r = 0.205, p‐value = 0.001).ConclusionOur findings may serve to formulate awareness‐raising interventions and can be a guide to health policymakers and workers such as obstetricians, clinicians, and midwives for more effective educational communication emphasizing the COVID‐19 symptoms and transmission modes and rendering appropriate counseling, particularly on the importance of emotional family support during the pandemic.

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A study on awareness regarding swine flu (influenza A H1N1) pandemic in an urban community of Karnataka

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Knowledge and Practice Toward Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Among Healthcare Workers at Delghi Primary Hospital During a Massive Test Campaign in Northwest Gondar, Ethiopia: Institution-Based Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey

Knowledge and Practice Toward Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Among Healthcare Workers at Delghi Primary Hospital During a Massive Test Campaign in Northwest Gondar, Ethiopia: Institution-Based Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey

Nonlinear analysis and dynamics of COVID‐19 mathematical model with optimal control strategies

COVID‐19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices among Iranian pregnant and postpartum women: A national study

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