Adherence to COVID-19 Related Public Health Measures among Mania University Students Based on Health Belief Model | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 47, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Page 690-709 PDF (507.07 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.203224 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Zeinab Mohammed Hassan1; Ashraf Abdelazim Ewis2; Ola Nabil Abouzeid1 | ||||
| 1Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt | ||||
| 2Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El- Minia, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Everyone has been affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, including students. Understanding public knowledge and adherence level to preventive measures is vital for prevention of COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: to assess adherence to COVID-19 related public health measures among Minia university students based on health belief model. Research design: a descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Setting: Minia University, which comprises (20) faculties. Sample: A systematic random sample consisted of 460 students Data collection Tools: 1st tool: Structured interview questionnaire: included questions related to socio-demographic characteristics, medical data and life style data. 2 nd tool: COVID-19 Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire. 3 rd tool: COVID-19 Health Belief Scale. 4 th tool: Covid-19 Self-Efficacy Scale and the 5 th tool: Adherence to COVID-19 related Public Health Measures Scale. Results: less than half of participants their age ranged from 21 – 23yrs. with mean age (21 ± 2.05 yrs.). More than two-thirds of them were knowledgeable about COVID-19 related public health preventive measures with mean score (21.45 ± 3.55). 60.6% of participants students were adherent to these measures. 70.2% of participants have high perceived susceptibility to get COVID-19 while 68.4% of them have high perceived severity. 70.7% of them have high self-efficacy to comply with those preventive measures. Conclusion: There was highly statistically significant relation between participants level of adherence and their perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived barriers, their cues to adhere with those measures and their self-efficacy. Recommendations: Additional research studies in Egypt should be conducted with a broader geographic scope to assess over all community-level of adherence to preventive measures and to identify barriers of noncompliance with these measures. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| COVID -19; Public Health Measures; Health Belief Model; Self-Efficacy | ||||
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