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The COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-regional cross-sectional survey of public knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions

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  • Ismail A Odetokun
  • Ahmad I Al-Mustapha
  • Hager Elnadi
  • Deepak Subedi
  • Oluwaseun A Ogundijo
  • Muftau Oyewo

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With over twelve months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, its morbidity and mortality continue to be a critical health threat despite various instituted preventive and control efforts. Information on the multi-regional public perspective of the diseases is limited. Therefore, this study investigated public knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and South Asia (SA) regions of the world. In an online pretested questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey, respondents (n = 2738) were recruited using a convenience sampling technique and data obtained were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics. The majority of respondents had bachelor’s degrees or higher (91.1%) and were aged between 18 and 39 years (88%). Most of the respondents had satisfactory knowledge (73%, 15.4 ± 2.5), attitudes 76.8%, 7.1 ± 1.1, and perceptions (73.4%, 11±2.8). Participants with higher educational levels and scientific backgrounds were 1.71 times (95% CI: 1.44; 2.03; p

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  • Ismail A Odetokun & Ahmad I Al-Mustapha & Hager Elnadi & Deepak Subedi & Oluwaseun A Ogundijo & Muftau Oyewo, 2022. "The COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-regional cross-sectional survey of public knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions," PLOS Global Public Health, Public Library of Science, vol. 2(7), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pgph00:0000737
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000737
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