Publication: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards COVID-19 among Private School Teachers of Chitwan, Nepal
Date
2021
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Kathmandu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought life to a standstill
across the world, with nearly 178 countries reporting school closures. As the
schools have started reopening slowly, precautions are utmost necessary to
prevent the potential spread of COVID-19 in school and community settings.
Objective
To assess knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 among private
school teachers.
Method
A web based cross-sectional analytical study design was undertaken. Currently
working private school teachers of Chitwan District were included as a unit of
analysis. The snowball sampling technique was employed to identify the eligible
participant. Collected data was entered in SPSS version 20 and analyzed using the
Chi-square test, Pearson correlation, and binary logistic regression.
Result
Of 344 participants, the majority were male (52.9%), most of the participants
were from age group 26-30 years (38.4%). Regarding knowledge, attitude and
practice, 57% had good knowledge, 53.2% had favorable attitude and 51.7%
had good practice towards COVID-19. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated
gender (OR 0.475, 95% CI: 0.256-0.818) and COVID-19 training (OR 25.687, 95%
CI 5.354-123.226) were significant with good knowledge.
Conclusion
Knowledge about COVID-19 among private schools teacher was good, attitudes
have been mostly favorable, and the practices were mostly adequate. However,
good knowledge is not the only factor for better attitude and good practices. It is
necessary to implement massive education campaigns, trainings and information
via school authorities and health authorities by developing and adopting
appropriate guidelines on COVID-19.
KEY WORDS
Attitude-practice, COVID-19, Knowledge, School teacher
Description
Dhakal RD,1 Paudel D,2 Shrestha P,2 Adhikari P3
1Shree Medical and Technical College
2Chitwan Medical College
3Narayani Public Institute Bharatpur,
Bharatpur, Chitwan Nepal
Keywords
Attitude-practice, COVID-19, Knowledge, School teacher