Knowledge, understanding and practices to prevent COVID-19 among primary school pupils in Municipal School, Muang, Saraburi Province
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Background: The study of knowledge, understanding, and practices for self-protection from Covid-19 among primary school pupils are essential, because the findings can be baseline data for preventing and controlling the spreading of Covid-19.
Objectives: To describe the knowledge, understanding, and practices for self-protection of COVID-19 among primary school pupils.
Methods: In a descriptive study, 317 pupils from primary school grades 2-6 were selected by stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected by using a questionnaire including personal characteristics, the pupil’s understanding of COVID-19 questionnaire and the pupil’s preventing practices to COVID-19 questionnaire. The reliability of the two questionnaires were .74 and .71 respectively. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results: The mean age of the sample was 11 years, with almost all residing in a house with 2-8 persons (76.00%). Around 30.50% did not understand about symptoms of the COVID 19 and prevention practices. They had risk activities, including going to crowded places (91.10%), touch their face, nose eye and mouth by hand (89.50%), played the sport team (84.60%) and had a meal together in their house and did not keep distance (75.20%).
Conclusions: The results of the study showed most samples lacking of knowledge in understanding about the symptoms of Covid-19 and that most of them had incorrect preventing practice. This reflects the risk in Covid-19 both in their household and school settings. Therefore, symptoms of the COVID-19 disease and prevention should be promoted in accordance with the developmental stage of children.
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