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Risk Perception and Community Vulnerability to COVID-19 Infection Among Residents In Osun State, Nigeria

Article scientifique 2020 Anglais

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Abstract Background Understanding the risk perception, attitude and vulnerability to Corona Virus infection among community dwellers is important in designing appropriate behavioral change communication programs necessary to stop the spread of this deadly contagious disease. The objective is to assess the risk perception, attitude and community vulnerability to COVID 19 infection among residents of Osogbo, Osun-StateMethodsIt was a cross sectional descriptive study done using pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire where 1000 individuals were selected using multistage sampling technique. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 23. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was carried out using appropriate test statistics and level of significance set at P less than 0.05. ResultsThe mean age was 38.4±13.9 years with majority been females (60%), married (67.3%), tertiary educational status (59.8% ) Christians (68.1%) and civil servants (33%). Almost all the respondents (99.3%) were aware of COVID 19 infection and commonest source of information is television, Also, more than half of respondents of respondents i.e 62.2%, 79.7% and 74,6% had good knowledge on symptoms, transmission and preventive measures respectively while 69.1% had good attitude. Overall, risky perception was poor (44.6%) while more than half (64.8%) were vulnerable to having infection. In binary logistic regression analysis, poor knowledge on preventive measures was significantly associated with vulnerability towards having COVID 19 infection. ( OR- 0.64, CI 0.47- 0.87)Conclusions The overall knowledge and attitude of COVID-19 infection is commendable, the risky perception is poor while assessed vulnerability towards COVID 19 infection is high particularly among those with lower knowledge. Therefore, there is need for health promotional programs for encouraging and maintenance of safety measures among the respondents.

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Adenike, O., Olarewaju, S., Ilori, O., Olalekan, A., Shobowale, J., Oluwaseyi, I. (2020). Risk Perception and Community Vulnerability to COVID-19 Infection Among Residents In Osun State, Nigeria. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-78055/v1

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Olugbenga-Bello Adenike Sunday Olakunle Olarewaju Oluwatosin Ruth Ilori Adebimpe Wasiu Olalekan Joke O Ojediran- Shobowale Israel K Oluwaseyi

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