Knowledge of the population of ceará about Sars-Cov-2 / Covid-19
International Journal of Development Research
Knowledge of the population of ceará about Sars-Cov-2 / Covid-19
Received 19th February, 2020; Received in revised form 02nd March, 2020; Accepted 09th April, 2020; Published online 30th May, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Dieng Birane et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to analyze the knowledge of Ceará about the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) and Coronavirus (COVID-19). Method: observational research, carried out from March to April 2020. A questionnaire was applied on a digital platform on the website of the School of Public Health of Ceará and disseminated on social media. Research according to resolution 466/12. Results: 565 people participated, mean 35.39 ± 11.56 years, 99.8% claim to know the disease, 94.5% confirm the veracity of the information before passing it on, 98.76% conceptualize it as pandemic, 92.2 % recognize the main preventive measures, 74.34% recognize the symptoms, more than 20% affirm that Basic Health Units, Emergency Care Units and Hospitals are reference services for health care and, 96.8% agree with measures prevention and control. Conclusion: From the information, it was possible to have a feedback on people's knowledge about the virus and thus better decision-making in health.
