Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 27;10:843974. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.843974. eCollection 2022.
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected many communities including students. Even if restrictions are being lifted in some countries, i.e., Ethiopia, COVID-19 is not gone yet. Adjusting to the "new normal", an emerging prevention response to the virus, can greatly recover public health and education. Thus, this study aimed to assess students' perception of national efforts at controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, including approaches to prevention measures, and associated factors during campus re-entry.
We conducted a cross-sectional study among 682 Debre Berhan University (DBU) students from December 1 to 15, 2020, when students had just gone back to school. The data was entered into Epi-Data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25.0 statistical software for analysis. The perception and practice of the participants were assessed using a scoring system. Binary logistic regression was run to identify the significant ( ≤ 0.05) predictors of COVID-19 prevention practice.
The overall high perception and good practice of prevention behaviors were 32%, 95% CI (28.8-35.2), and 37.5%, 95% CI (33.7-41.2), respectively. Being female [AOR (CI) = 1.67 (1.17-2.37)], have a rural residence [AOR (CI) = 1.56 (1.07-2.29)], fathers' education [AOR (CI) = 1.94 (1.06-3.56)], having respiratory disease [AOR (CI) = 2.81 (1.32-5.95)], and information sources from YouTube [AOR (CI) = 1.87 (1.19-2.91)] were significant factors for COVID-19 prevention practice. Besides, a high perception of national efforts at controlling COVID-19 [AOR (CI) = 2.94 (2.04-4.25)] was positively associated with the practice of prevention measures.
During school reopening, most students had a low perception of national efforts at controlling COVID-19 and poor prevention practices. Socio-demographics, having a chronic illness, information sources, and perception of national efforts were factors of COVID-19 prevention practice. Thus, raising the perception of the national efforts, promoting precautionary measures, managing chronic illnesses, and disseminating information through YouTube are critical to preventing and controlling COVID-19 during campus re-entry.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行影响了许多社区，包括学生。即使在一些国家（例如埃塞俄比亚）放宽了限制，COVID-19 仍未消失。适应“新常态”，即针对该病毒的新兴预防应对措施，将极大地恢复公共卫生和教育。因此，本研究旨在评估学生对控制 COVID-19 大流行的国家努力的看法，包括预防措施的方法以及重返校园期间的相关因素。
我们于 2020 年 12 月 1 日至 15 日在德布雷伯汉大学（DBU）的 682 名学生中进行了一项横断面研究，当时学生们刚刚返回学校。将数据输入 Epi-Data 版本 4.6 并导出到 SPSS 版本 25.0 统计软件进行分析。使用评分系统评估参与者的看法和做法。进行二元逻辑回归以确定 COVID-19 预防实践的重要（≤0.05）预测因素。
总体而言，预防行为的高感知度和良好做法分别为 32％，95％CI（28.8-35.2）和 37.5％，95％CI（33.7-41.2）。女性[优势比（CI）= 1.67（1.17-2.37）]，农村居住[优势比（CI）= 1.56（1.07-2.29）]，父亲的教育[优势比（CI）= 1.94（1.06-3.56）]，患有呼吸道疾病[优势比（CI）= 2.81（1.32-5.95）]和信息来源YouTube [优势比（CI）= 1.87（1.19-2.91）]是 COVID-19 预防实践的重要因素。此外，对控制 COVID-19 的国家努力的高度认识[优势比（CI）= 2.94（2.04-4.25）]与预防措施的实施呈正相关。
在学校重新开放期间，大多数学生对控制 COVID-19 的国家努力的认识度较低，预防措施的实施情况较差。社会人口统计学，慢性病，信息来源和对国家努力的认识是 COVID-19 预防措施的因素。因此，提高对国家努力的认识，促进预防措施，管理慢性病以及通过 YouTube 传播信息对于在校园重新开放期间预防和控制 COVID-19 至关重要。
