ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2020
Face-Masking, an Acceptable Protective Measure against COVID-19 in Ugandan High-Risk Groups.
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- Knowledge and Practice of Personal Protective Measures Against COVID-19 in Africa: Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Pooled it
- Levels of handwashing and vaccine uptake in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to prevent and control COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- How efficient are facial masks against COVID-19? Evaluating the mask use of various communities one year into the pandemicTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence and correlates of facemask usage during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- A qualitative study of knowledge, beliefs and misinformation regarding COVID-19 in selected districts in Zimbabwe.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Understanding facilitators and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination in the Zimbabwean population: a qualitative analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of a national program to distribute free face masks in Uganda: Evidence from Mbale District.PloS one · 2024Article
- Differential practice and associated factors of COVID-19 personal preventive measures among the slum and estate communities of Uganda: A community-based cross-sectional survey.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Assessment of hospitalisation costs and their determinants among Covid-19 patients in South Central Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Knowledge, risk-perception, and uptake of COVID-19 prevention measures in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.African health sciences · 2022Article
- Is social media, as a main source of information on COVID-19, associated with perceived effectiveness of face mask use? Findings from six sub-Saharan African countries.Global health promotion · 2022Article
- Community mask wearing as a COVID-19 preventive measure, its barriers, and motivators among rural households of Uganda: A mixed methods approach.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and its association with intimate partner violence among women in informal settings of Kampala, Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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- Assessment of practice of Covid-19 preventive measures and associated factors among residents in Southern, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2021Article
- The Decision to Wear a Face Mask as a Protective Behavioral Measure Against COVID-19: Survey Results From Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda.Frontiers in public healthArticle
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Abstract
Face-masking could reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. We assessed knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, and practices toward COVID-19 and face-mask use among 644 high-risk individuals in Kampala, Uganda. In data analysis, descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate logistic regression analyses with a 95% CI were considered. Adjusted odds ratios were used to determine the magnitude of associations. P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. The majority, 99.7% and 87.3% of the participants, respectively, had heard about COVID-19 and believed that face-masks were protective against COVID-19, whereas 67.9% reported having received information on face-mask use. Food-market vendors and those with no formal education were 0.5 and 0.3 times less likely to have received information about face-mask use than hospital workers and those who had completed secondary school, respectively. Those who had received information on face-mask use were 2.9 and 1.8 times more likely to own face-masks and to perceive them as protective, respectively. Food-market vendors were 3.9 times more likely to reuse their face-masks than hospital workers. Our findings suggest that Ugandan high-risk groups have good knowledge, optimistic attitudes and perceptions, and relatively appropriate practices toward COVID-19.
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