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Awareness about COVID-19 among Residents of an Urbanized Village of Delhi

Pushpendra Sahu , 1Ajay Saini , 2Naudibiya Majhi , 3Rashmi Ranjan Barik , 4Pushpendra Sahu

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Indian Journal of Communicable Diseases 7(1):p 9-13, January-June 2021. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijcd.2395.6631.7121.1

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Ajay Saini, Naudibiya Majhi, Rashmi Ranjan Barik, et.al. /Awareness about COVID-19 among Residents of an Urbanized Village of Delhi.Indian J Comm Dis. 2021;7(1):9–13.

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Background: There is an ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 associated with novel corona virus, the preventive measures are effective but can only be followed by community if they are well aware about it.Objective: The study was done with the aim to assess the awareness about COVID-19 and preventive measures being used by people in an urbanized village of Delhi. Methods: We used a pre-tested semi-open-ended questionnaire comprising questions of awareness and attitude toward spread and prevention of COVID-19 disease and preventive practices. Results: Majority of the participants belonged to low socioeconomic class, were less educated, and lived with their family in single room dwellings. The main source of getting information about COVID-19 was Television (77.9%) followed by social media. No protective face cover was used by 14.2% participants, only 41.9% used mask as face cover measure and each one of these was reusing the mask. Knowledge about telephone helpline number (50.9%) and about government’s mobile app for COVID-19 (39.8%) was low. Only 35.7% participants correctly knew the recommended minimum time for hand washing and only 54.9% knew the recommended social distance between two individuals. Education status of participants and their socio-economic status were found to be significantly associated with various facets of knowledge about COVID-19.Conclusion: Greater focus from the policy makers and health agencies is required for increasing the awareness among the community, especially the clusters of urban settlements with dense population.

Keywords: COVID-19; Urban Settlement; Awareness; Less Educated; Protective Measures.

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Ajay Saini, Naudibiya Majhi, Rashmi Ranjan Barik, et.al. /Awareness about COVID-19 among Residents of an Urbanized Village of Delhi.Indian J Comm Dis. 2021;7(1):9–13.

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