Knowledge, Attitude and Preventive Behaviors Toward COVID-19 of Chalermkanchana University Students Faculty of Public Health Sisaket Province

Abstract

This research consists purposes were 1. to examine the levels of knowledge, attitudes, and preventive behaviors regarding COVID-19 infection among students in the Faculty of Public Health at Chalermkarnchana University, Sisaket Province and 2. to investigate the relationships among personal factors, knowledge, and attitudes toward COVID-19 infection and self-protective behaviors against COVID-19 infection among students in the Faculty of Public Health at Chalermkarnchana University, Sisaket Province. This study employed a quantitative research design. The research instrument was a five-point Likert scale questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.89. The sample consisted of 135 undergraduate students enrolled in Years 1–4 in the Faculty of Public Health at Chalermkarnchana University, Sisaket Province. The participants were drawn from the Community Public Health Program, the Occupational Health and Safety Program, and the Thai Traditional Medicine Program. The sample size was determined using Taro Yamane’s (1973) formula. The data collected from the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Inferential statistics were applied to examine relationships among variables, employing the Chi-square test and Pearson’s product–moment correlation coefficient. The research findings revealed that 1) The findings indicated that all students in the Faculty of Public Health at Chalermkarnchana University, Sisaket Province, demonstrated a good level of knowledge regarding COVID-19, accounting for 100.00%, with a mean percentage score of 91.60. Regarding attitudes, the majority of students exhibited a high level (88.89%). In terms of preventive behaviors, most students were found to have good preventive practices (91.11%) and 2) The analysis of relationships revealed that underlying disease was significantly associated with COVID-19 preventive behaviors at the 0.05 level of statistical significance, whereas other personal factors showed no significant association. Furthermore, attitudes toward COVID-19 infection were moderately correlated with preventive behaviors at the 0.01 level of statistical significance. In contrast, knowledge regarding COVID-19 was weakly correlated with preventive behaviors and showed no statistically significant relationship.