Factors related to self-protection behaviors from COVID-19 of the people in the dark red area, Nakhon Si Thammarat province
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self-protection behaviors, COVID-19, the dark red areaAbstract
This analytical cross-sectional study aimed to explore health beliefs, behavioral levels, and factors related to self-protection behaviors from COVID-19 of people aged 18-60 years living in the dark red area of two districts in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Participants were 678 people. The research instruments were online questionnaires obtaining Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.859. Data were collected in June 2021 and analyzed by descriptive statistics, Odds Ratio and Multiple Logistic Regression. The results revealed that:
1) The participants had their perceptions of violence (M=4.20, SD=0.44), perceptions of risk (M=4.09, SD=0.48), perceived benefits (M=4.11, SD=0.44), motivation (M=3.92, SD=0.43), and other factors including interpersonal relationships and receiving information (M=3.85, SD=0.40). Most of these factors were at high levels, while perceived barriers were at a moderate level (M=3.77, SD=0.50).
2) Self- protection behaviors from COVID-19 of the participants were at a high level (M=4.17, SD=0.50).
3) The factors related to self-protection behavior from COVID-19 of the participants were educational levels (ORadj=3.98, 95%CI=1.45-10.89), perceived benefits (ORadj=1.92, 95%CI=1.14-3.23), perceived barriers (ORadj=29.66, 95%CI=3.77-233.02) and incentives for prevention (ORadj =1.88, 95%CI=1.24-2.84).
It could be suggested that health belief model should be applied for people in terms of empowering community, building up self-competenc of people and encouraging people participation for protecting themselves from COVID-19 and should be allowed the agencies such as the Sub-district Administrative Organization to take part in pushing people to have the correct health beliefs.
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