Public Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward COVID-19 Prevention: a Literature Review

Estriana Murni Setiawati

doi:10.31101/ijhst.v2i3.2007

Authors

Estriana Murni Setiawati Universitas Asyiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31101/ijhst.v2i3.2007

Keywords:

Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and COVID-19 prevention

Abstract

This study aims to review the public knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 prevention. Pubmed, Ebscho, and Google Scholar database were used as Data sources of this review. PICOST problem analysis guide was applied to find good journals. The journals used in this study were published between 2020 and 2021. Overall of the public knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 prevention were varied and synthesized. Â Articlesâ€™ comparisons were complicated because the knowledge, attitude, and practice results were used at various formulas. A more direct intervention is needed to enhance public knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 Prevention. Increasing and maintaining good public knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 prevention are crucial to cut off the spread of COVID-19.Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and COVID-19 prevention

References

Ahdab, S. A. (2021). A cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards COVID-19 pandemic among the Syrian residents. BMC Public Health, 21, 1-7. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10353-3

Akalu, Y., Ayelign, B., & Molla, M. D. (2020). Knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 among chronic disease patients at Addis Zemen Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. Infection and drug resistance, 13, 1949â€“1960. doi:10.2147/IDR.S258736

Azlan, A. H., MR; Sern,TJ; Ayub, SH; Mohamad, E. (2020). Public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in Malaysia. PloS one, 15(5), 1-15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233668

Bates, B. R. M., Ana L;Costales, Jaime A; Herrera-Cespedes,Carolina A ; Grijalva, Mario J (2020). Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19 Among Ecuadorians During the Outbreak: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey. Journal of Community Health 1-10. doi:10.1007/s10900-020-00916-7

Ferdous, M. Z., Islam, M. S., Sikder, M. T., Mosaddek, A. S. M., Zegarra-Valdivia, J. A., & Goza, D. (2020). Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh: An online-based cross-sectional study. PloS one, 15(1), 1-17. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0239254

Gao, H. H., Rujun; Yin, Ling; Yuan, Xiaoli; Tang, Hao; Luo, Lan; Chen, Mei; Huang, Di; Wang, Ying; Yu, Anyong; Jiang, Zhixia. (2020). Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of the Chinese Public with Respect to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): an online Cross Sectional Survey. BMC Public Health, 20, 1-8. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-09961-2

Gebretsadik, D. A., N; KebedeI, E; GebremichealI, S; BeleteI, MA; Adane, M. (2021). Knowledge, Attitude, Practice towards COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Prevalence among Hospital Visitors at Ataye District Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia. PloS one, 16(2), 1-19. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246154

Habib, M. A. D., Farouq Muhammad; Iliyasu, Garba; Habib, Abdulrazaq G (2021). knowledge, attitude and practice survey of COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Nigeria. PloS one, 16(1), 1-12. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245176

Kartheek, A. G., K; Vanamali, Dharma. (2020). Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards COVID-19 among Indian Residents during The Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey. Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 9(2), 107-115. doi:10.4103/JDRNTRUHS.JDRNTRUHS_75_2

Kuhangana, T. C. M., Caleb Kamanda; Kitenge, Joseph Pyana; Ngoy, ArlÃ¨ne Kazadi; Musambo, Taty Muta; Obadia, Paul Musa; Katoto, Patrick D M C; Nkulu, CÃ©lestin Banza Lubaba; Nemery, Benoit (2020). COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Attitudes in Public Markets in the Former Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 1-16. doi:10.3390/ijerph17207441

Lau, L. H., N; Go, DJ; Ferma, J; Choi, M; Dodd, W; Wei, X. (2020). Knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 among income-poor households in the Philippines: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Global Health, 10(1), 1-11. doi:10.7189/jogh.10.011007

Lee, M. K., Bee-Ah; You, Myoungsoon. (2021). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in South Korea. BMC Public Health, 21, 1-10. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10285-y

Mohamed, A. A. O. E., Eilaf Ali Mohamed; Mohamed, Abdelrahim Osman; Mohammed, Awab Aldow; Edris, Hassan Alshaikh; Mahgoop, Mohamed Alhadi; Sharif, Mohamed Emadaldin; Bashir, Maab Imadeldin; Abdelrahim, Rania Bashir; Idriss, Wegdan Ibraheim; Malik, Elfatih Mohamed (2021). Knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19: an online survey. BMC Public Health, 21, 1-7. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10319-5

Okello, G. I., Jonathan; Teguzirigwa, Steven; Kakinda, Allan; Van Hal, Guido. (2020). Findings of a Cross-Sectional Survey on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about COVID-19 in Uganda: Implications for Public Health Prevention and Control Measures. BioMed Research International, 1-8. doi:10.1155/2020/5917378

Pal, R., & Banerjee, M. (2020). COVID-19 and the endocrine system: exploring the unexplored. Journal of endocrinological investigation, 43(7), 1027-1031. doi:10.1007/s40618-020-01276-8

WHO. (2020). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): How is it transmitted? Retrieved from https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-how-is-it-transmitted

Yoseph, A. T., A; Ejeso, A. (2021). Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices related to COVID-19 Pandemic among Adult Population in Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia: A Community based Cross-Sectional Study. PloS one, 16(1), 1-19. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246283