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Perceptions and Attitudes Toward COVID-19-Related National Response Measures of Vietnamese: Implications for Pandemic Prevention and Control.
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Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2020 Oct 09; Vol. 8, pp. 589053. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 09 (Print Publication: 2020). - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Introduction: Public perceptions and attitudes toward preventive and control measures are vital to ensure the success of national response strategies in combating COVID-19. This study assessed perceptions and attitudes via the importance of national response measures to COVID-19 among people under the nationwide partial lockdown of Vietnam. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1382 people in Vietnam mainly public administration and health workers with relatives. Perceptions and attitudes toward seven national response measures to COVID-19 epidemics were assessed. Multivariable Tobit regression models were employed to identify factors associated with the perceptions. Results: The proportion of participants strongly agreeing with the measure "Isolate people from abroad and people in contact with people infected with COVID 19" was the highest (96.9%), following by the measure "Obligatory to wear face masks in public places" (96.8%), and "Blockade of places having new cases" (92.9%). Living in the Southern region, having a family with more than 5 people, and having post-graduate education were negatively correlated to the levels of perceived importance of "Social distancing and community screening" measures. Meanwhile, having post-graduate education (Coef. = -0.04; 95%CI: -0.07; -0.01), working as white-collar workers (Coef. = -0.04; 95%CI: -0.08; -0.01), and having fixed-term, full-time employment (Coef. = -0.07; 95%CI: -0.10; -0.03) were inversely associated with the levels of perceived importance of the "Mandatory quarantine and personal protective equipment" measures. Conclusion: This study informed highly positive perceptions and attitudes toward the national response measure to combat the COVID-19 in Vietnam. Contextualized strategies to maintain and improve these perceptions are warranted to ensure the success of preventive measures in the future.<br /> (Copyright © 2020 Nguyen, Nguyen, Le, Vu, Hoang, Nguyen, Le, Tran, Nguyen, Pham, Ta, Nguyen, Latkin, Ho and Ho.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2296-2565
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33163473
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.589053