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Public perception of COVID-19 management and response in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey.
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- A survey of public perception, knowledge and factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptability in five communities in Ghana.Ghana medical journal · 2023Article
- People living with mental disorder in Nigeria amidst COVID-19: Challenges, implications, and recommendations.The International journal of health planning and management · 2022Article
- Knowledge, attitude and perception of West Africans towards COVID-19: a survey to inform public health intervention.BMC public health · 2022Article
- A cross-sectional regional study looking at the factors responsible for the low COVID-19 vaccination rate in Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Perception of Global Participants of ITEC Nations on Country's Preparedness and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- [A socio-anthropological survey to support communication on Covid-19 in West Africa].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2021Article
- Revisiting COVID-19 Communication in Western Africa: A Health Literacy-based Approach to Health Communication.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Perceptions and opinions of Nigerians to the management and response to COVID-19 in Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Possible Reasons Why Sub-Saharan Africa Experienced a Less Severe COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesA study designed to assess the public perception of the response of government and its institutions to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
settingSelf-selecting participants throughout Nigeria completed a self-administered questionnaire through an online cross-sectional survey.
participants495.
resultsThe majority of respondents were married (76.6%), were males (61.8%), had tertiary level education (91.0%), were public servants (36.8%), Christians (82.6%), and resident either in the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) (49.1%) or in the South-East Region of Nigeria (36.6%). Over 95% of the respondents had heard of COVID-19 (98.8%) and knew it is a viral disease (95.4%). The government and its institutions response to the pandemic were rated as poor, with the largest rating as poor for Federal President's Office (57.5%). Communication (50.0%) and prevention messages (43.7%) received the highest perception good rating. Female respondents and those less than 40 years generally rated the governmental responses as poor. CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS: It is recommended that as a public-private partnership approached was efficiently used to more effectively disseminate public health communication and prevention messages, the Nigerian Government should expand this collaboration to improve the quality of services provided in other areas of COVID-19 outbreak management.
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