Knowledge, behavior and practices of the population during the pandemic against the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the state of Alagoas, Brazil

Knowledge, behavior and practices of the population during the pandemic against the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the state of Alagoas, Brazil

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international state of emergency in order to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19. To ensure that there is adherence to preventive measures by the population aimed at controlling the pandemic in Alagoas, it is expected that knowledge, behavior and prac...

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Published in:Brazilian journal of biology Vol. 84; p. e283307
Main Authors: Carvalho Neto, A P M, Lisboa, A P S, Lemos Neto, D A, Tavares, M M A, Amaral, M A, Moura, M F S, Anjos, T M, Omena, A C S, Messias, H B G, Omena, B C, Ferreira Júnior, G C, Cavalcanti, M G S, Arinísio, L S, Silva, A C, Santos Júnior, C J, Oliveira, E C T, Sales, M L H, Ribeiro, M C, Rocha, T J M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Brazil Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2024
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
BIOLOGY
Brazil - epidemiology
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 - transmission
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
infection
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics - prevention & control
prevalence
SARS-CoV-2
Social Media
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
Brazil
COVID-19
prevalência
prevalence
infection
infecção
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Summary:The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international state of emergency in order to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19. To ensure that there is adherence to preventive measures by the population aimed at controlling the pandemic in Alagoas, it is expected that knowledge, behavior and practices play an important role in preventing and controlling the disease. In this sense, it becomes relevant to understand the knowledge of the population about the disease. To evaluate the knowledge, behavior and practices of social media users during social isolation to prevent the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 in the state of Alagoas, Northeast, Brazil. A probabilistic sample was carried out across the entire territory of the state of Alagoas with those who have access to a device that accesses the internet and a cross-sectional study was carried out using an online questionnaire applied to a convenience sample, recruited between August 2021 and July 2022 by snowball sampling. The questionnaire consisted of seven sessions, the first collecting data on the socioeconomic and sociodemographic profile of the participants, and the other sessions involving knowledge, attitudes and practices, including topics related to the vaccination that had to be administered at that time. High popular knowledge about signs and symptoms, means of transmission and risk groups. Low knowledge about seeking health services. Based on the results obtained, information from official channels became relevant to better teach the population in order to reduce the impact of COVID-19.
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ISSN:1519-6984
1678-4375
1678-4375
DOI:10.1590/1519-6984.283307