Kleinhans Inge, Mahanjana Siphesihle K, Kumalo Lehlohonolo, Brümmer Brian, Chitaka Ashley, Nukeri Zandile D, Els Fiona, Mashele Sizeka, Groome Michelle, Mayet Natalie, Mokoena Ramasedi S, Atuheire Emily B, Ebonwu Joy I
Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.
J Public Health Afr. 2025 Jun 19;16(1):885. doi: 10.4102/jphia.v16i1.885. eCollection 2025.
Adherence to COVID-19 prevention and control measures is related to people's knowledge, attitudes and practices.
In Thabo Mofutsanyana District, the proportion of reported community COVID-19-related deaths was higher than in-facility reported deaths.
To assess knowledge, attitudes and practices of the community towards COVID-19.
A survey was conducted among consenting adults from 28 February 2022 to 4 March 2022. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the responses and logistic regression used to assess factors associated with poor knowledge towards COVID-19.
A total of 551 participants' data were analysed, most of whom were < 40 years (63%) and female (68%). Despite 43.4% having education levels below high school, 89% knew that anyone could contract COVID-19, mainly through television and/or radio (74%) and social media (53%). The majority practiced mask-wearing (84%) and social distancing (80%), while 65% indicated they will use home remedies if there was severe COVID-19 infection. Older age group (OR = 2.40; 95% CI 1.17-4.89; = 0.015), higher education level (OR = 0.59; 95% CI 0.39-0.87; = 0.009) and higher monthly income were each associated with poor knowledge towards COVID-19 but the significance did not remain in multivariate model.
Participants had good knowledge of COVID-19; however, a high proportion supported the use of home remedies in severe COVID-19 infections. This underscores the need to enhance the health-seeking behaviour of communities through health education and community engagement, using television and/or radio and social media.
Study findings are useful to inform preparedness and response strategies in communities.
对新冠疫情防控措施的遵守情况与人们的知识、态度和行为有关。
在塔博·莫富坦亚纳区，报告的社区新冠相关死亡比例高于机构报告的死亡比例。
评估社区对新冠疫情的知识、态度和行为。
于2022年2月28日至2022年3月4日对同意参与的成年人进行了一项调查。通过访谈员管理的问卷收集数据。使用描述性统计来描述回答情况，并使用逻辑回归来评估与对新冠疫情知识了解不足相关的因素。
共分析了551名参与者的数据，其中大多数年龄小于40岁（63%）且为女性（68%）。尽管43.4%的人教育水平低于高中，但89%的人知道任何人都可能感染新冠病毒，主要通过电视和/或广播（74%）以及社交媒体（53%）了解。大多数人会佩戴口罩（84%）并保持社交距离（80%），而65%的人表示如果感染严重的新冠病毒，他们会使用家庭疗法。年龄较大的群体（OR = 2.40；95%置信区间1.17 - 4.89；P = 0.015）、较高的教育水平（OR = 0.59；95%置信区间0.39 - 0.87；P = 0.009）和较高的月收入均与对新冠疫情知识了解不足相关，但在多变量模型中这种显著性未保留。
参与者对新冠疫情有较好的了解；然而，很大一部分人支持在严重新冠病毒感染时使用家庭疗法。这突出表明需要通过健康教育和社区参与，利用电视和/或广播以及社交媒体来增强社区的就医行为。
研究结果有助于为社区的防范和应对策略提供信息。
