A Comparative Study on the knowledge and attitude of COVID-19 among Urban and Rural populations of Bangladesh
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Tarih
2022
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Objective: This study is aimed to identify the awareness and behavioral perspective on COVID-19 between urban and rural people of Bangladesh during the period of outbreak. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 30 districts of Bangladesh, where 322 participants from urban and 312 from rural area. Participants were selected through convenience sampling. Results: Rural people are found to be much more inter connected to receive information from neighbor. Regarding the incubation periods and the general symptoms, knowledge differs significantly from urban to rural. Even their precautionary and transmission knowledge is found to associate in most of the cases. During this outbreak, urban people significantly increase their religious habits and also believe that there will some major change of life after outbreak. Conclusion: The descriptive study reflected that health education program needed to aware about COVID-19 in both urban and rural in Bangladesh that helps in formulating and executing communication and outbreak management.
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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Bangladesh, awareness, outbreak
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Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Dergisi
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20
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