دورية أكاديمية
Public willingness to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures in Sudan: an application of the Health Belief Model
| العنوان: | Public willingness to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures in Sudan: an application of the Health Belief Model |
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| المؤلفون: | Mehanna, Azza, Elhadi, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed, Lucero-Prisno III, Don Eliseo |
| المصدر: | Pan Afr Med J |
| بيانات النشر: | African Field Epidemiology Network The African Field Epidemiology Network |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Research, psy, socio |
| الوصف: | INTRODUCTION: coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Several public health and social protective measures that may prevent or slow down the transmission of COVID-19 were introduced. However, these measures are unfortunately being neglected or deliberately ignored by some individuals. METHODS: a cross sectional online based survey was conducted to identify possible factors influencing public willingness to adhere to precautionary measures and preventive guidelines against COVID-19 during the lockdown periods in Sudan. The questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data of study participants, their health beliefs and willingness regarding adherence to precautionary measures against COVID-19 based on the constructs of the Health Belief Model. RESULTS: a total of 680 respondents completed and returned the online questionnaire. Significant predictors of the willingness to adhere to the precautionary measures against COVID-19 were gender (β= 3.34, P<0.001), self-efficacy (β= 0.476, P<0.001), perceived benefits (β= 0.349, P<0.001) and perceived severity (β= 0.113, P=0.005). These factors explained 43% of the variance in respondents' willingness to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures. Participants who were female, confident in their ability to adhere to the protective measures when available, believing in the benefits of the protective measures against COVID-19 and perceiving that the disease could have serious consequences were more likely to be willing to adhere to the protective measures. CONCLUSION: female respondents and respondents having higher self-efficacy, higher perceived benefits and higher perceived severity were more likely to be willing to adhere to the protective measures against COVID-19 in Sudan. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418182Test/ |
| الإتاحة: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418182Test/ |
| حقوق: | undefined |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.48BF25A |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |