Evaluation of urban dwellers knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 pandemic: Suggestions for information communication

Pages: 290-294
Wolde, Abraham Kebede (College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Amhara, Ethiopia)

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of urban dwellers towards the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve the objective the cross-section survey was employed. The sample of the study was selected using simple random sampling methods. Using this method 208 urban dwellers were selected. The instrument of the study was adapted from other research but piloted and rated by the experts. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analyzing data. The result of the study confirmed that the urban dweller was marginally knowledgeable, have a roughly positive attitude and poor practice of world health organization and government guidelines to hamper the spread of the virus. Information shall be provided to implement government guideline to stop the spread of the virus