The Relationship Between the Perception and the Behavior of Surveillance and Prevention Towards C0VID-19 Among Junior High School Students in Bang Soa Thong District Samut Prakan Province
Keywords:
Disease awareness, Disease surveillance and prevention behavior, COVID-19 disease, Junior high school studentsAbstract
Encouraging junior high school students to have awareness about COVID-19 will result in disease surveillance behavior and prevention of COVID-19 infection. This descriptive research had the following objectives: 1) study levels of awareness about COVID-19 and behavior for surveillance and prevention of infection and 2) study the relationship between awareness about COVID-19 with behaviors to monitor and prevent infection with COVID-19 among junior high school students. The sample group consisted of 166 junior high school students studying in schools in Bang Sao Thong District, Samut Prakan Province. The research tool consisted of three parts: 1) personal information 2) awareness about the occurrence of COVID-19, and 3) behavior to monitor and prevent the occurrence of COVID-19 infection. Content validity was checked by three experts, demonstrating acceptable values at .77, .72, and .87. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficient statistics.
The results found that junior school students had awareness about COVID-19 and behavior for surveillance and prevention of the occurrence of COVID-19 infection at a moderate level. It was found that perceived susceptibility of COVID-19, perceived severity of COVID-19, perceived benefits of following measures to prevent COVID-19, and perceived barriers to following measures to prevent COVID-19 showed a statistically significant relationship with behavior to monitor and prevent against COVID-19 infection (r = .345, .327, .393, and .182, respectively).
The results of this research can be used as basic information for teaching and learning in health education to help students learn about and realize the importance of health, enhancing their ability to practice health care and disease prevention effectively.
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