Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in the resident cape-verdean population

Alves, Maria de Fátima Carvalho; Mendonça, Maria da Luz Lima; Soares, Janice de Jesus Xavier; Leal, Silvânia da Veiga; Santos, Menilita Dos; Rodrigues, Júlio Monteiro; Lopes, Edna Duarte

doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100184

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic has had multidimensional critical impacts on people’s lifestyles and economies worldwide. Almost 100% of the retailers (98.7% in U/PU and 100% in rural areas) in this study had heard about COVID-19, which corresponds with the results of other previously published studies [ 31 , 32 ]. However, approximately 60% and 70% in U/PU and rural areas, respectively, had knowledge that the causative agent is a virus.…”

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confidence: 91%

Impacts of the Pandemic, Animal Source Food Retailers’ and Consumers’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward COVID-19, and Their Food Safety Practices in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Jainonthee

Dang-Xuan

Nguyen-Viet

et al. 2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic affected the food supply chain, retailers, and consumers owing to infection awareness. This study evaluated the impacts COVID-19 on ASF retailers’ businesses and consumers’ livelihoods, as well as their knowledge toward the disease, attitudes, and food safety practices to prevent infections. The study includes a cross-sectional component that was conducted in urban/peri-urban (U/PU) and rural areas in Chiang Mai province. In another part of the study, a structured questionnaire was developed for animal source food (ASF) retailers and consumers, with three primary parts for data analysis: general information, COVID-19 impacts, and knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) assessment. Data corresponding to three periods of interest (before the COVID-19 outbreak, during partial lockdown, and present) were gathered and analyzed. In this study, 155 retailers and 150 consumers participated, of which the majority of the respondents were female (70.3% and 82.7%, respectively) with average ages of 47.4 and 44.9 years, respectively. The most noticeable effect of COVID-19 was a decline in income for retailers and consumers. The KAP scores of consumers in both areas were not significantly different, whereas the retailer attitudes toward COVID-19 prevention and food safety practices scored more highly in rural areas than in U/PU. During the partial lockdown, food safety practices significantly improved relative to the time preceding the outbreak, and these practices have remained constant to the present day. The results revealed that gender, age group, business type, and type of ASF retailers were associated with the KAP of the retailers, whereas gender, age group, education, number of family members, and occupation were associated with the KAP of the consumers. Our findings provide in-depth information about the effects of COVID-19 on ASF retailers and consumers, as well as their KAP regarding the outbreak and food safety, which may serve as support in developing policies for improved health and food safety.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Impacts of the Pandemic, Animal Source Food Retailers’ and Consumers’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward COVID-19, and Their Food Safety Practices in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Jainonthee

Dang-Xuan

Nguyen-Viet

et al. 2022

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“…The knowledge about COVID-19 has an IV. It consists of 11-items adapted from a previous study (Carvalho Alves et al, 2021 ). This scale measured the knowledge of people about COVID-19.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The current pandemic of COVID-19 diverged the masses toward social media use for staying in touch, getting an education, or entertainment. In this attitude and inclination of indulging in using social media to compensate for their physical social interactions, an active social media use was observed (Baig and Waheed, 2016 ; Reuter et al, 2016 ; Azlan et al, 2020 ; Zhong et al, 2020 ; Carvalho Alves et al, 2021 ; Jogezai et al, 2021 ; Pandya and Lodha, 2021 ; Rizwan et al, 2021 ; Zhao and Zhou, 2021 ).…”

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“…Similarly, in another study conducted in Bangladesh, Ferdous et al ( 2020 ) have argued that the awareness in the general public and control measures could radically influence the KAP toward COVID-19. Alqahtani et al ( 2021b ) had also conducted a study in Saudi Arabia measuring the knowledge, attitude, and practical inclination of the general population about COVID-19 while one more study with similar parameters was conducted in Cape Verdean (Carvalho Alves et al, 2021 ). It was argued that there is an unequal burden of COVID-19 in socially deprived areas, ethnically marginalized groups, and poor people, which was augmented by non-communication to health service providers (Lee et al, 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…COVID-19 affected not only individuals facing the virus infection, but it also impacted the human society as a whole (Carvalho Alves et al, 2021 ). For this reason, as the COVID-19 spread started, the officials took several measures to avoid this spread.…”

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Social Media Application as a New Paradigm for Business Communication: The Role of COVID-19 Knowledge, Social Distancing, and Preventive Attitudes

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Business firms and the public have encountered massive consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has become the most significant challenge and influenced all communities. This research study focuses on exploring the relationship between COVID-19 knowledge, social distancing, individuals' attitudes toward social media use, and practices of using social media amid the COVID-19 crisis. This study examines how attitudes toward social media use mediate the linkage between COVID-19 knowledge, social distancing, and practices for social media use. This survey uses a non-probability convenience sampling approach to collect samples and recruit willing respondents with their consent for data collection. This study recorded the feedback from 348 participants who encountered the indirect/direct effects of nationwide lockdowns, restrictions on social gatherings, and COVID-19 infection. The findings validate the proposed hypotheses for their direct effects and indicate significant β-values, t-statistics, and the p-values at p <0.001. The results validate a relationship between the COVID-19 knowledge of and social distancing practices. Similarly, the results approved a positive link between social distancing and attitudes toward social media use amid COVID-19. The findings validate the relation between social distancing and attitudes toward social media use during COVID-19 challenges (β-value = 0.22 and t-statistics = 3.078). The results show the linkage between attitudes toward social media use and practices of using social media (β-value = 0.41, and t-statistics = 7.175). Individuals' attitude toward social media use during COVID-19 mediates the connection between COVID-19 knowledge and COVID-19 practices of using social media use. The results validate the first mediation at β-value = 0.21 and t-statistic = 5.327. Similarly, the findings approve that attitudes toward social media use in the pandemic have positively mediated the relation between distancing and practices for social media use amid the crisis of COVID-19 (β-value = 0.09 and t-statistic = 2.633). The findings indicate how people have been indulged in social media to pave their business communication needs. The results provide valuable insights for the global business community. This study provides a systematic and holistic research model that helps in exploring the consequences of COVID-19. The generalizability of the findings provides valuable directions for future research related to the current pandemic.

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Residents’ KABP and Social Support Statuses Under Normalized COVID-19 Pandemic Prevention and Control: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yang,

Peng,

et al. 2024

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Objectives: To investigate the status quo of residents’ knowledge, attitude, belief, and practice (KABP) and social support and the correlation of KABP with social support under normalized coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic prevention and control. Methods: A questionnaire was designed based on the KABP model, and an online survey was conducted among residents in September 2022. SPSS software (version 25.0) was used to analyze the data. Two independent sample t-tests, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), multivariate linear regression analysis, and Pearson’s correlation analysis were conducted. Results: In total, 326 valid questionnaires were obtained. The scoring rates of residents’ KABP and social support were 68.1%, 92.2%, 89.3%, 75.3%, and 62.6%, respectively. Main factors influencing residents’ knowledge included gender, nationality, education level, practice, and social support; those influencing attitude were belief and practice; those influencing belief were place of residence, attitude, and practice; those influencing practice were knowledge, attitude, belief, and social support; and those influencing social support were marital status, place of residence, knowledge, and practice. Social support was positively correlated with knowledge and practice. Conclusions: This study provides a scientific foundation for the current normalized prevention and control of COVID-19 and is conducive to health managers to better carry out prevention and control related health education for specific groups.

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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in the resident cape-verdean population

Cited by 10 publications

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Impacts of the Pandemic, Animal Source Food Retailers’ and Consumers’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward COVID-19, and Their Food Safety Practices in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Impacts of the Pandemic, Animal Source Food Retailers’ and Consumers’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward COVID-19, and Their Food Safety Practices in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Social Media Application as a New Paradigm for Business Communication: The Role of COVID-19 Knowledge, Social Distancing, and Preventive Attitudes

Residents’ KABP and Social Support Statuses Under Normalized COVID-19 Pandemic Prevention and Control: A Cross-Sectional Study

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