Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards COVID 19 pandemic among homeless street young adults in Lusaka, Zambia – A Mixed Methods Approach
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Abstract
Objective
To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among homeless street young adults in Lusaka district, Zambia.
Methods
A total of 89 young street adults aged between 16-35 years were sampled. A concurrent mixed methods approach was used, Structured questionnaires and focused group discussion, to achieve the objectives. STATA 13 was used to produce Descriptive statistics while thematic analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data.
Results
Majority of the survey participants were male 67(78%), 55(62%) were single while 53(59%) had attained a Primary School Education. The majority of the participants received the COVID-19 information through the radio (61%). Only 44 (49%)% had adequate knowledge on Covid-19 of whom 70 (78.6%) had a positive attitude towards COVID-19. However, the 65(73%) had a low risk perception of contracting the disease. Further, 66 (74.2%) had a positive attitude towards the effectiveness of precautionary behaviors and measures. The finding also revealed that only 3(3.3%) had good practice towards the Covid-19 preventative measures overall with (SD:0).
Conclusion
Knowledge and attitudes towards COVID-19 were quite high among homeless street adults. However, their good practices were alarmingly low. Specific strategies for them being a vulnerable group are required.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.12.18.21267819: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding They were further identified by the interviewers using criteria such as appearance, language, and assessment of their activities (begging, scavenging, leading the blind, sleeping in corridors, gambling, etc.). Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Data Management and Analysis: Data collected via ODK was downloaded from the server and cleaned in Microsoft excel. Microsoft excelsuggested: (Microsoft Excel, RRID:SCR_016137)The data was then exported to STATA version 14.0 (Stata corporation, college station, TX, USA) for statistical analysis. STATAsuggested: …SciScore for 10.1101/2021.12.18.21267819: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding They were further identified by the interviewers using criteria such as appearance, language, and assessment of their activities (begging, scavenging, leading the blind, sleeping in corridors, gambling, etc.). Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Data Management and Analysis: Data collected via ODK was downloaded from the server and cleaned in Microsoft excel. Microsoft excelsuggested: (Microsoft Excel, RRID:SCR_016137)The data was then exported to STATA version 14.0 (Stata corporation, college station, TX, USA) for statistical analysis. STATAsuggested: (Stata, RRID:SCR_012763)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
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