Author : Sathyamurthi.k1 & lakshmi devi r2
Keyword : Youth, sars-cov-2, awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice
Subject : Health
Article Type : Original article (research)
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Abstract : Youth is a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood’s independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community. National Youth Policy (2014) pointed out youth as the age group of 15-29 years, which constitutes 27.5 percents of population. Young people are healthy, more than that 1.8 million young people aged 15 to 24 die each year, mostly due to preventable causes. SARS-CoV-2 is a highly infectious disease identified first in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Initiating from China, novel Corona moved towards east and then crossed to west showing its tyrannical face in each country. Almost eighty percent of the nation in this globe had been deadly affected and locked down was declared almost ninety percent of the nations by the novel corona. Human beings are striving hard to overcome the strange corona virus. The curative medicines have not produced till now the only way is to preventive measures. India has been locked down for more than a month due to the spread of corona virus.. The study aims in understanding the extent of awareness on SARS-CoV-2 among Indian youth residents of 15 to 35 years age through a cross sectional survey. A self-developed online KAP questionnaire was completed by the participants. The knowledge questionnaire consisted of 12 questions regarding the clinical characteristics and prevention of COVID-19. Assessments on residents’ attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 included questions on confidence in winning the battle against COVID-19 and wearing masks when going out in recent days. The KAP was classified as three levels such as high, moderate and low level. The study covers about 8338 samples residing in India. The study shows that about the participants are moderate to high level of awareness about SARS-CoV-2. The knowledge about the spread of the corona virus has an impact on practicing the preventive measures against SARS-CoV-2.
Article by : sathyamurthik
Article add date : 2020-12-09
How to cite : Sathyamurthi.k1 & lakshmi devi r2. (2020-December-09). Knowledge, attitude and practice on sars-cov-2 among the young indian residents during lockdown due to sars-cov-2 outbreak -a cross sectional survey. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/406