KNOWLEDGE OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL MEASURES OF CORONAVIRUS AMONG RESIDENTS OF BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated knowledge of prevention and control measures of COVD-19 infection among
residents of Bauchi state, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The
population of the study comprised the entire residents of Bauchi state. Multi-stage sampling technique of
cluster, simple random, proportionate and systematic sampling techniques were used to select one
thousand one hundred and forty-four (1144) respondents from twelve selected political wards of six
selected local government areas of Bauchi state. Four research questions were answered and four null
hypotheses were tested. Researchers’ developed questionnaire named Knowledge of prevention and
control measures of COVD-19 infection among residents Questionnaire (KPCMCQ) was used as an
instrument for data collection which was validated by three experts in the field of Health Education and
reliability index of 0.80 was obtained. Instrument was administered by the researcher and four (4) trained
research assistants. Descriptive statistics of frequency count was used to describe and analyze
demographic data while Chi-square statistics were used to test the null hypotheses in the study. The
findings of the study revealed that Residents of Bauchi state significantly have knowledge of prevention
and control measures of COVID-19; all the calculated Chi-square values were greater than critical value
(2036, 481,1298 & 1951> critical value 5.991). The study concluded that people of Bauchi state have
significant knowledge of prevention and control of COVD-19 infection. It was therefore recommended
among others that government should intensify effort in ensuring that the knowledge of social distancing
and covering one's mouth when sneezing or coughing as prevention and control measure of covid-19 is
sustained through continuous public health enlightenment.