A Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices on COVID 19 and its Associated Factors Among the Urban Population of District Ghaziabad, UP
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Background: COVID 19 disrupted the normal life of people all over the world. KAP studies are known to find gaps in the policies of the government and their implementation among the people for control and prevention of infectious diseases. These findings can thus, help in furthering public health interventions, educational programs and also create more awareness among the people of the nation.
Objectives: The present study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding COVID 19 in the urban population of district Ghaziabad, the factors associated with it and to suggest preventive methods and promote the same among the study population.
Methods: Urban people of the district of Ghaziabad were the subjects of a community based cross sectional survey from January to September 2021. A pre designed, pre tested, and semi structured questionnaire was used to interview 400 adults during door to door visits. To identify the variables substantially linked with KAP of the study participants with relation to COVID 19, regression analysis was done using the chi square test for categorical variables.
Results: Majority of the study participants 277 (69.25%) were males. Almost two fifth of the study participants, 153 (38.25%) had finished graduation. The mean total KAP score of the study participants was 61.07 (SD = 11.03, range: 22 87). Those who had completed graduation and higher studies had almost two and a half times better KAP scores (OR 2.496 [95% CI, 1.645 3.788]).Conclusion: Positive correlation was found between knowledge levels of the study participants with their attitude and practices regarding COVID 19. Therefore, information, education and communication (IEC) strategy of public health authorities to create awareness needs to be targeted at the vulnerable sections of the society.
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