Predictive Factors for COVID-19 Prevention Practices of Public Among Thai People in Urban Slums and Markets
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This aim of this predictive study was to examine factors that predict COVID-19 prevention behaviours among Thai people living in urban slums and markets in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The sample consisted of 1,996 participants. Data were collected between December 2021 and March 2022 using a questionnaire. The indices for content validity, Kuder-Richardson 20, and Cronbach’s alpha of the questionnaires ranged from 93-.98, .81, and .94-.99, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling [SEM]). The study demonstrated that about half of the participants had a high level of COVID-19 prevention practices when interacting with the public (53.2%). Potential predictive factors and their total effects (TE) for COVID-19 prevention practices of the participants for the general public included context (TE=.71); effective government communication (TE=.06); perceived information about COVID-19 from healthcare personnel and social media (TE=.13 and .08, respectively); reliability of information about COVID-19 from social media (TE=.07); attitudes towards the consequences of infection or quarantine (TE=.14), and receiving more than two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine (TE=.04). Overall, these factors predicted 65% of the variation in COVID-19 prevention practices(R2=.65). Subgroup analysis of participants in urban slums determined that community strength influenced the COVID-19 prevention practice of the participants in public (TE=.09). Therefore, policymakers should create an environment that supports COVID-19 prevention practices, build effective communication through healthcare personnel, online media, and television, create a positive attitude toward disease prevention, and strengthen the community to enhance proper COVID-19 prevention practices that lead to effective prevention and control of COVID-19 in urban slums and markets.
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บทความและรายงานวิจัยในวารสารพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เป็นความคิดเห็นของ ผู้เขียน มิใช่ของคณะผู้จัดทำ และมิใช่ความรับผิดชอบของสมาคมศิษย์เก่าพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ซึ่งสามารถนำไปอ้างอิงได้
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