Selected article for: "knowledge low level and low knowledge"
Author: Abdallah Y Naser; Eman Zmaily Dahmash; Hassan Alwafi; Zahra Khalil Alsairafi; Ahmed M. Al Rajeh; Yosra J Alhartani; Fawaz Mohammad Turkistani; Hamad S. Alyami
Title: Knowledge and practices towards COVID-19 during its outbreak: a multinational cross-sectional study
  • Document date: 2020_4_17
    • ID: 10b7de22_50
    Snippet: Findings of this study suggest that Middle Eastern participants are of a relatively low level of knowledge about COVID-19, particularly regarding its transmission routes. The majority of the population showed appropriate practice by avoiding crowded places and staying home during the rapid rise period of the COVID-19 outbreak. However, not wearing a mask when leaving home was predominant. As good COVID-19 knowledge is associated with optimistic a.....
    Document: Findings of this study suggest that Middle Eastern participants are of a relatively low level of knowledge about COVID-19, particularly regarding its transmission routes. The majority of the population showed appropriate practice by avoiding crowded places and staying home during the rapid rise period of the COVID-19 outbreak. However, not wearing a mask when leaving home was predominant. As good COVID-19 knowledge is associated with optimistic attitudes and appropriate practices towards COVID-19, policymakers are in a position to develop targeted in information campaigns provided to targeted population specifically university students, unemployed individuals and those with lower levels of education. This information could be conveyed to people by clinicians to their patients, and news coverage supplied by the media and social media platforms.

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