Public knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study

Iqbal, Muhammad Arslan; Younas, Muhammad Zeeshan

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105784

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“…More than 90% of participants agreed that COVID-19 will be successfully controlled and believed that Indonesia can win against COVID-19. These results are similar to those of previous studies conducted in Indonesia [ 23 ] and elsewhere [ 26 , 42 , 48 , 49 , 50 ]. These results indicated that although COVID-19 has spread worldwide, most people had an optimistic attitude; they believed that the COVID-19 pandemic will end and that their countries will win against this pandemic.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Among demographic characteristics, sex was significantly associated with the attitude that COVID-19 will be successfully controlled, and Indonesia can win the battle against COVID-19 ( Table 2 ). Similarly, a previous study reported that sex was significantly associated with attitude [ 49 ]. Moreover, higher knowledge scores were significantly associated with the positive attitude that COVID-19 will be successfully controlled.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Indonesian Residents toward COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Muslih

Susanti

Rias

et al. 2021

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic. We examined the KAP’s relationship with factors associated with practice toward the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. This cross-sectional survey study was conducted between March and April 2020 and included 1033 participants. Knowledge scores of COVID-19 were positively associated with wearing a mask when leaving home (odds ratio (OR): 1.22, p < 0.05). Although men had a lower knowledge score, they were less likely to go to a crowded place compared with women (OR: 0.79, p < 0.05). However, women (OR: 1.25, p < 0.05) were more likely than men to wear a mask when leaving home. Furthermore, men (OR: 3.32, p < 0.05) were more likely than women to have a positive attitude toward COVID-19. Indonesian residents had satisfactory knowledge, demonstrated a positive attitude, and followed appropriate practices toward the pandemic. More educated individuals had a more positive attitude. Men and women differed with respect to their knowledge-based practices. Men were less likely to go to crowded places, and women were more likely to wear a mask when leaving home. Furthermore, men were more likely to wear a mask when leaving home than women when men had the attitude that Indonesia can win against COVID-19.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Indonesian Residents toward COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Muslih

Susanti

Rias

et al. 2021

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“…Beberapa penelitian lain menunjukkan bahwa pandemi covid-19 membuat masyarakat menjadi menutup diri dari lingkungan bahkan menjadi paranoid, kecemasan masyarakat (Lopes et al, 2021;Roy et al, 2020;Kowalski et al, 2020). Beberapa penelitian mengenai stigma masyarakat yang lahir dari pengetahuan terhadap pasien covid telah dilakukan (Xue, 2021;Roy et al, 2020., Iqbal., 2021. Di Indonesia beberapa penelitian telah dilakukan namun hanya di daerah Indonesia Barat (Saefi et al, 2020;Rahman et al, 2020;Bela et al, 2021).…”

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Covid-19 & Stigma of Patient Families and Health Workers in Makassar City, Indonesia

Gafur

Zainuddin

Darmansyah³

2021

Al-sihah

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Covid-19 has now become an epidemic that has spread almost all over the world and has caused morbidity and mortality. covid-19 in addition to having an impact on physical health also has an impact on the social and economic life of the community as well as mental disorders due to the stigma experienced by infected people, families, and health workers. This study aims to determine the role of knowledge about community stigma towards health workers and families of covid-19 patients in Makassar City, Indonesia. In this study using a quantitative method with a descriptive survey approach, the sample in this study was 105 respondents, which were taken by simple random sampling technique. The study found that public knowledge about covid-19 was related to stigma in the families of covid-19 patients (p=0.010) and knowledge was also associated with stigma to health workers (p=0.000). Stigma against families and health workers still occurs in Makassar City, due to the lack of knowledge possessed by the community and the existence of fake news or hoaxes that trigger the emergence of stigma against health workers and families of covid-19 patients.

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“…Furthermore, it spreads from one person to another through nasal exhales (sneeze and cough), physical contact, point of contact i. e, handshakes, hugs, and mutual connection of surfaces (WHO, 2020b and Iqbal et al, 2020). In the first wave of COVID-19, Pakistan, through the smart lockdown and Vector Autoregressive model (see Iqbal and Younas, 2021;Khan et al, 2020; for more details), controlled the increasing coronavirus cases and decreased patients from 6604 (see Figure 2) to a few hundred. The efforts made by the Government of Pakistan were appreciated by other countries, especially from the World Health Organization (WHO, 2020), yet; the same govt showed negligence and sluggishness being relaxed.…”

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Smart Lockdown Strategy, Second and Third Waves of Covid-19 in Pakistan: A Political Discourse Analysis

Afzal

Sibtain

Iqbal

et al. 2021

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Purpose: The present study investigates the violations of SOPs regarding the spread of COVID19 during the political processional campaigns in the Gilgit Baltistan and Senate elections in Pakistan held just before the second and third waves of COVID-19. For instance, during the first wave Pakistani government employed a smart lockdown along with persuasive awareness campaign. However, in the second and third waves, it seemed that SOPs were not influential due to violations by politicians themselves. Method: The researchers analyze the journalistic text both verbal and pictorial by employing the qualitative and interpretive paradigm to understand the policies and strategies of political parties in their political gatherings. Data regarding political campaigns have been collected from the print media through the purposive sampling technique. The secondary data has been collected from various research publications to establish the background. Main Findings: The study analyzed political response to COVID-19 SOPs on the part of Pakistani political parties during the political campaigns in Gilgit Baltistan and senate elections. Referent pictures (see Figures), taken from authentic, official newspaper websites, showed that during ‘Political congregations and rallies’, individuals and politicians attended the events without requiring social distance and masks. Both the opposition and ruling party and their workers have taken approximately equal parts to violate the SOPs to gain political gains and benefits. Application of the Study: The study suggests that the political parties would not conduct these types of political events that cause the spread of the virus, especially when it is considered a worldwide pandemic. The study would be both socially and politically beneficial for the organizations and groups to learn how a pandemic may affect the masses if precautionary measures are not followed adequately. The Originality of the Study: According to the researchers' best knowledge, the research gap of the present study is contemporary and innovative, i.e., integrating the conceptual model of political discourse with political events.

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Public knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study

Cited by 38 publications

References 12 publications

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Indonesian Residents toward COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Indonesian Residents toward COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Covid-19 & Stigma of Patient Families and Health Workers in Makassar City, Indonesia

Smart Lockdown Strategy, Second and Third Waves of Covid-19 in Pakistan: A Political Discourse Analysis

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