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Socio-demographic correlate of knowledge and practice toward COVID-19 among people living in Mosul-Iraq: A cross-sectional study

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  • Balsam Qubais Saeed
  • Rula Al-Shahrabi
  • Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa

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Since the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a worldwide pandemic, many countries’ authorities, including the Iraqi authorities, started responding and taking action to control the spread of the pandemic. The public’s knowledge and practices play an important role in curbing the spreading of the virus by following the health guidelines. This study aimed to assess the socio-demographic correlate of knowledge and practices of Iraqi living in Mosul-Iraq towards COVID-19 during its rapid rise. A cross-sectional online survey of 909 participants was conducted among a sample of the Mosul-Iraq population between 20th June to 1st July 2020. The survey included three parts: 1) socio-demographic characteristics, 2) participants’ knowledge, 3) participants’ practices. T-test, ANOVA, chi-square, and binary logistic regression were used. A p-value less than 0.05 (p

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  • Balsam Qubais Saeed & Rula Al-Shahrabi & Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa, 2021. "Socio-demographic correlate of knowledge and practice toward COVID-19 among people living in Mosul-Iraq: A cross-sectional study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-14, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0249310
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249310
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    1. Pritish Mondal & Ankita Sinharoy & Binu-John Sankoorikal & Roopa Siddaiah & Lauren Mazur & Gavin Graff, 2021. "The Influence of Sociodemographic Heterogeneity on the Perceptions of COVID-19: A Countrywide Survey Study in the USA," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-11, August.
    2. Jolanta Lis-Kuberka & Marta Berghausen-Mazur & Magdalena Orczyk-Pawiłowicz, 2022. "Attitude and Level of COVID-19 Vaccination among Women in Reproductive Age during the Fourth Pandemic Wave: A Cross-Sectional Study in Poland," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-25, June.

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