Covid ‐19

Assessment of knowledge and awareness in Indian society

Bibliographic Data

ID12705731
AuthorsAshish Kumar Singh (0000-0001-5622-0908, Department of Management Studies Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology Ghaziabad India), Bharti Agrawal (0000-0003-4282-2291, Department of Computer Science Shri Vaishnav Institute of Management Indore India), Anukriti Sharma (0000-0002-5388-3981, School of Business University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun India), Prayas Sharma (0000-0002-4828-1177, School of Business University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun India, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue4
Pagese2354-e2354
Publication date2020-08-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Public Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1472-3891 • E-ISSN: 1479-1854
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/pa.2354
PMID32904779
OpenAlexW3081771423
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited18

COVID-19, which was initiated regionally at Wuhan of China, has become a global pandemic by infecting people of almost all the world. Human civilizations are facing threat for their survival and livelihood. No country are getting any substantial relief and solution from this pandemic rather to convince their citizens to make aware and taking precaution by changing their living style. In view of this, this study attempted to assess the awareness, threat, symptoms and its prevention among people of India about the COVID-19. A total of 522 responses from all over India were received. The respondents have adequate awareness for COVID-19 outbreak and its preventive measures, out of total, 98% (513) answered that the virus spreads from one person to another, 95% (494) answered that the disease is caused by a virus. Peoples understand the importance of social distancing and other preventive measures prescribed by the government with good attitude for coronavirus. Peoples are following trusted sources for corona information, having confidence to defeat disease but showed their concern for corona threat, are aware about the virus, its common symptoms and prevention, govt. testing and medical facilities. Principal component analysis was used to identify the latent dimensions regarding people's preventive measures and was found that they are majorly adopting three methods, that is, lockdown, naturopathy and social distancing. This study will help government and peoples to understand and handle this coronavirus pandemic effectively and in prevention of COVID-19, which is crucial for the awareness of society in coming time

Agriculture · Alternative medicine · Business · China · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Isolation (microbiology · Livelihood · Naturopathy · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Social distance · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Law · Medicine · Psychology

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