Environmental Management for Prevention of COVID-19 Infection in Urban Community of Bangkok
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The objective of this research was to study the environmental management of people in Ladkrabang district, Bangkok, in order to prevent infection by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The research was quantitative research. The sample consisted of 127 non-infected persons who asked to do questionnaire with an index of item-objective congruence of 0.93 and a reliability of 0.73. The questionnaire consisted of two parts: a personal data section and environmental management in the prevention of COVID-19. The research findings indicated that the majority of the participants was female, with an average age of 61 and an education level of elementary school graduate. Their environmental management practices included maintaining physical distance, using 70% alcohol or washing hands after engaging in activities with others, and opening doors and windows to increase air flow across the room. Individual factors (age, gender, education level) were positively correlated with environmental management for prevention of COVID-19 infection with a statistically significance at the level of 0.05. Therefore, an appropriate environmental management promoted the prevention of COVID-19 infection in urban community.
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