Sustainability Awareness and Preparedness of COVID-19 Pandemic among University Students | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 108, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2022, Page 1593-1608 PDF (774.29 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.230013 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Rasha Aly Yakout1; Asmaa Mohammed Saad Khaled2; Eshrak Salama Hashem3 | ||||
| 1Assist professor of Medical- Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Medical- Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Awareness level and compliance of students can be vital in timely prevention and control of COVID-19 crisis. Negative attitudes and practices towards novel infectious diseases can intensify epidemics which may ultimately consequence in pandemics. Aim of the study: To assess the sustainability awareness and preparedness of COVID-19 pandemic among university students. Research design: Descriptive exploratory survey research design was used to carry out this study. Setting: Five faculties from the medical sector including; “Faculty of Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Faculty of Science”, and four faculties from non-medical sector including;" Faculty of Law, Education, Arts, and Faculty of commerce” are affiliated to Alexandria University. Subjects: Convenience sample of 850 university students from the previously mentioned settings. Tool: COVID-19 awareness & p < /span>reparedness questionnaire was used. Results: The results of this study showed that most of the students had high level of awareness and preparedness level toward COVID19, additionally, the highest percent of them had good knowledge, satisfactory practice as well as positive attitude, and there was highly statistically significant relation between students 'total awareness and preparedness level and their gender, religious, residence, specialty and acquiring COVID-19 infection as P=<0.001*. Conclusion: The highest percent of the students under the study had good knowledge, satisfactory practice and positive attitude toward COVID-19. There was also a strong positive, statistically significant correlation between students' knowledge, practice of preventive measures and their total awareness and preparedness level toward COVID 19. Recommendations: Focusing on supplying scientific information through academic courses and other workshops, presentations, and modeling learning are all key tools for transferring information into real-world applications. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Sustainability Awareness; Preparedness; COVID; 19 Pandemic; University Students | ||||
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