COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIORS TOWARDS SOP'S OF COVID 19: A STUDY OF DISTRICT RAJANPUR

Abstract

Present study is conducted to understand the people ‘s knowledge, attitude and the behaviour towards the COVID-19 SOPs in district Rajanpur of Punjab Province Pakistan. The study is based on the quantitative method consisted on the 25 questions of “yes, no and sometimes” measures. Selected sample is 300 participants living in the district Rajanpur. The data is analyzed through Microsoft Excel 2016 and frequencies and the percentages are calculated. The results of the study describe that the people of Rajanpur have a high understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic situation and have great beliefs in adoption of the SOP’s. The study also finds the adoption of the SOP’s is due to the precautions recommended by the state of Pakistan. This study also finds that knowledge and awareness play an important role in social distancing and helps to check the outbreak of the pandemic too. The study recommends that knowledge plays an important role in cognitive development so the stakeholders would adopt the knowledge spreading strategy to ensure the social distancing in case of any pandemic.

Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior, SOP’s, COVID-19