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Masters Thesis | Public Health | Volume 11 Issue 6, June 2022 | Pages: 644 - 653 | Ghana
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards COVID-19 among Senior High School Students within the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana
Abstract: Background: The COVID-19 has ravaged the world since its incidence in the year 2019 in Wuhan, China. Its incidence was accompanied by high levels of morbidities and mortalities, thus, creating a shakeup in various health systems across the globe and with little information on knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 in Ghana and no information on KAP towards COVID-19 in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, this study is to explore the KAP of Senior High School student?s towards COVID-19 to inform policy to guide schools as they reopen. Methods: This was a quantitative cross-sectional study conducted in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of Ghana between January to March 2021 among 441 randomly selected Senior High School Students using a modified structured questionnaire that had four (4) sections as adapted from Peng et al., (2020). The average age of the study participants was 17?2 years. Analysis was done using Chi-square estimation and Multivariate logistic regression models with a p-value
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, COVID-19
How to Cite?: Philemon Ametei, Edward K. Sutherland, "Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards COVID-19 among Senior High School Students within the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana", Volume 11 Issue 6, June 2022, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 644-653, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=MR22604193824, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/MR22604193824