Knowledge, health beliefs, and behaviors to prevent post-COVID-19 infection in the people of Ban Sawadee, Huai Thap Than Subdistrict, Huai Thap Than District, Sisaket Province
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This cross-sectional survey research aims to study the level of knowledge, health beliefs, and behavior to prevent post-COVID-19 infection and study the relationship between health belief factors regarding post-COVID-19 infection and behavior to prevent post-COVID-19 infection in the people. The sample group was the people of Ban Sawadee, Huai Thap Than Subdistrict, Huai Thap Than District, Sisaket Province, 273 people. The tool used to collect data was a questionnaire including general information, knowledge, health beliefs, and behaviors to prevent, conducted between August and December 2023. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and using statistics to analyze the relationship, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation. The results found that knowledge about COVID-19 infection, health beliefs about post-COVID-19 infection, and behavior to prevent post-COVID-19 infection overall are at a moderate level. The relationship between health belief factors regarding post-COVID-19 infection and behavior to prevent post-COVID-19 infection in the people of Ban Sawadee, Huai Thap Than Subdistrict, Huai Thap Than District, Sisaket Province found that health beliefs about conditions post-COVID-19 infection, perceived benefits in preventing post-COVID-19 infection, perception of barriers to post-COVID-19 prevention, health incentives for post-COVID-19 prevention, and inducements for action in preventing post-COVID-19 infection. It is related to the level of behavior to prevent post-COVID-19 infection in the people of Ban Sawadee, Huai Thap Than Subdistrict, Huai Thap Than District, Sisaket Province statistically significant at p-value <.05.
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