Factors Related to the Prevention Behavior for Coronavirus Disease 2019 of the Fourth Years Undergraduate Students in Health Major
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This cross-sectional descriptive research aims to 1) to study the students' preventive behaviors against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 2) to study the relationship of modifying factors, individual beliefs factors, and cues to action factors with COVID-19 preventive behaviors of students. The sample consisted of 310 students. The research tool includes a questionnaire on the health belief model and COVID-19 disease preventive behaviors according to the DMHTTA measures. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
The results of the research found that the sample had a moderate level of preventive behaviors against COVID-19. For modifying factors, such as the gender and the faculty, were not related to preventive behaviors against COVID-19. Individual beliefs factors, such as perceived susceptibility to COVID-19, perceived severity of COVID-19, perceived benefit of COVID-19 prevention, and perceived self-efficacy in the prevention of COVID-19, had a positive relationship with the COVID-19 preventive behaviors of the students at a statistical significance of .05 (r = .215, .262, .228, .598). The perceived barriers to COVID-19 prevention were not related to COVID-19 preventive behaviors and cues to action factors such as receiving information from mass media, social media, and advice from family, teachers, and friends had a positive relationship with the COVID-19 preventive behaviors of the students at a statistical significance of .05 (r = .327).
This research data can be used for planning to promote COVID-19 disease prevention behavior. The university should organize activities to promote health beliefs about behavior to prevent COVID-19 disease and support family, teachers, and friends participating in activities.
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