Relationship between Perceptions of Communication Related to Covid-19 and New Normal Learning Management for Preventing Covid-19 Infection in Students at Kanchanabhishek Institute of Medical and Public Health Technology, Nonthaburi

Abstract

This exploratory research aimed to investigate: 1) levels of perceptions of communication related to Covid-19 and new normal learning management; 2) prevention behavior of Covid-19 level of students and; 3) relationship between perceptions of communication related to Covid-19 and also new normal learning management and prevention behavior of Covid-19 of students at Kanchanabhishek Institute of Medical and Public Health Technology. Participants were 195 different allied health major students who enrolled in the second semester for academic year 2020. Data were collected via self-constructed questionnaires with their Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient showing as the perceptions of communication related to Covid-19 section = 0.90, the perceptions of new normal learning management section = 0.943 and the prevention behavior of Covid-19 section = 0.925. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics in terms of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, and also Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient.

          The results indicated that the levels of perceptions of communication related to Covid-19, new normal learning management, and prevention behavior of Covid-19 of students were at high levels (M=3.89, 3.62 and 4.06 respectively). In addition, perceptions of communication related to Covid-19 and new normal learning management had their significant relation with prevention behavior of Covid-19 of students (p=0.05, .001).

          The college should communicate and provide correct and proper knowledge of prevention practices for them. Additionally, the college should encourage students to keep up-to-date the situation of Covid-19 every day due to its displaying as the emerging infectious disease and easily infected with insufficient preventive measures despite not having its symptoms, and should communicate and provide knowledge of Covid-19 prevention behavior via medias for their students continuously.