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ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF NON PHARMACEUTICAL PROTOCOLS IN PREVENTION OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORYTRACT INFECTIONS AMONG NON-CIVIL SERVANTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

KABIRU ADAMU1*, AKOREDE, S. N2, AMINU YUSUF3, Yusuf Bello4, SHEHU SALIHU1, SANI M. A1
1 Physical and Health Education, Aminu Saleh College of Education Azare, Bauchi State.
2 Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria – Nigeria.
3 Adamu Adamu College of Nursing Science Azare, Bauchi State
4 Kaduna State College of Midwifery Tudun-Wada, Kaduna.
* Corresponding author: kabiradamu28@gmail.com
Published: Mar, 2024
Pages: 57-62
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Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the awareness, attitude and practice of non-pharmaceutical protocols in prevention of severe acute respiratory tract infections among non-civil servants in the northern Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design method was used. The study has population of 67,140,593 non-civil servants and sample size of 398 were selected through multi-stage sampling procedures consisting of stratified sampling, simple random sampling, proportionate sampling and convenience sampling procedures. The instrument used for the study was researcher structured questionnaire where 398 copies were administered and 389 were retrieved (97.7%). A split-half method was used for pilot test of Spearman-Brown Prophecy formula and 0.599 was obtained. Descriptive analysis of frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the demographic information of the respondents, mean scores and standard deviation was used to answer research questions while inferential statistics of one sample t-test was used to test the formulated null hypotheses The result revealed that non civil servants in northern Nigeria have significant awareness of wearing face mask in public (t=116.87, df:388; P

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ADAMU, K., N, A. S., YUSUF, A., Bello, Y., SALIHU, S., & A, S. . M. (2024). ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF NON PHARMACEUTICAL PROTOCOLS IN PREVENTION OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORYTRACT INFECTIONS AMONG NON-CIVIL SERVANTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. Global Journal of Health Related Researches, 6(1), 57-62.

K. ADAMU, A. S. N, A. YUSUF, Y. Bello, S. SALIHU, and S. . M. A, "ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF NON PHARMACEUTICAL PROTOCOLS IN PREVENTION OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORYTRACT INFECTIONS AMONG NON-CIVIL SERVANTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA," Global Journal of Health Related Researches, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 57-62, March 2024.

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