The Relationship between Perceptions and Preventive Behaviors of Coronavirus Disease 2019 among Service Recipients from Primary care Units, Lang Suan, Chumphon Province
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Health Belief Model, Preventive Behaviors of Coronavirus Disease 2019, Primary Care UnitAbstract
This research aimed to study the relationship between perceptions and preventive behaviors of Coronavirus disease 2019 among service recipients from primary care units, Lang Suan, Chumphon. It is a descriptive study. The samples consisted of 382 service recipients from primary care units, Lang Suan, Chumphon Province. The instrument was an online questionnaire in Google Forms. The data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, SD, and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient for testing the relationship.
The results revealed that the relationship between perceptions and preventive behaviors of Coronavirus disease 2019 was positive and at a low level, with the significance level of 0.01 (r = 0.354**).
Thus, the results should be applied as a guideline to transfer knowledge and health education for general people, and to create the body of knowledge, health literacy, self-care behavior, and how to take care of their families as well as communities. Also, it is to set clear and concrete disease preventive policies.
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