KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COVID 19 PREVENTIVE MEASURES AMONG PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN KANO STATE
Abstract
Knowledge and Practice of Covid 19 Preventive measures among Primary Health Care workers of Kano State State. Three numbers of research questions were raised and Three numbers of sub hypotheses were tested. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all primary health care workers in Kano state which was estimated to be 20900 out of which 387 participants were used as sample of the study. Simple random sampling procedures were used to select participants from various institutions. A researcher developed a questionnaire that was used as an instrument for data collection. Online copies of questionnaires were administered by the researcher with the help of five numbers of research assistants sharing the link to various WhatsApp flatform. Frequency count and percentage was used to organise and describe the demographic information of the participants, while Chi square method will be used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The result reveals that there issignificant knowledge and practice of covid 19 preventative measures among workers of primary health care in Kano state.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Covid-19