Preventive Behaviors to Mitigate COVID-19: Urban-Rural Disparities of Densely Populated Country like Bangladesh

Banu, Bilkis; Chowdhury, Sujana Haque; Akter, Nasrin; Islam, Kazi Rakibul; Hossain, Sarder Mahmud; Amin, Md. Ruhul

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“…Here, globally it is clear that mother's knowledge and education plays a significant role in all issues regarding their children which explored in our study as doing RT-PCR for the confirmation among the study subjects. In this context, a study from our country showed that lower monthly income (AOR=3.74) found significant predictor for poor knowledge and poor behavior on prevention of COVID-19 which is alarming for the COVID-19 infection among their children too [17].…”

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Infection dynamics of COVID-19 in children of Bangladesh

Tahura¹,

Banu²,

Akter³

et al. 2023

Int. J. Sci. Res. Arch.

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unavailability of vaccines under 12 years of age in Bangladesh for a long-time during the pandemic. Moreover, as children are not developing many severe symptoms, they did not get priority in empirical studies regarding their COVID-19 infection dynamics. Therefore, this web-based cross-sectional study was conducted aimed to explore the COVID-19 infection status and associated factors among the 372 children in Bangladesh by snowball sampling approach. Adjusted and Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) were calculated for the specified exposures and a multivariate logistic regression model was used for the analytical exploration. The study revealed that 53.5% of subjects were RT-PCR test positive and 12.9% test negative while 33.6% were found suspected/healthy who did not perform any confirmatory test. Among the asymptomatic cases, 9.4% found tested positive. In addition, children with mild (6.7%) moderate (7.3%), and severe (0.8%) symptoms did not undergo any test. Alarmingly, three of the 30 cases with severe symptoms were found not to do any confirmatory test and suffered much and needed oxygen or ventilation support. Test-positive infection status was found significant among the children with lower educated mothers (AOR/P= 2.74/0.05; 95% CI: 0.97- 7.67) and those who got contact with an unidentified source of infection (AOR/P=3.49/0.02; 95% CI: 1.22-9.98) or suspected family members (AOR/P=1.87/0.27; 95% CI: 0.62- 5.70). Finally, the unique findings portray an alarming scenario for the children in Bangladesh during the current pandemic. It indicates the reluctance of guardians which may be due to a lack of screening support from health care facilities. Policymakers need to be much more concerned about such issues through the implementation of specific intervention programs on the basis of empirical findings from the studies regarding such health problems. Therefore, the health security of children can be achieved and the fatal consequences of the recent pandemic may be combated through such strategies.

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Infection dynamics of COVID-19 in children of Bangladesh

Tahura¹,

Banu²,

Akter³

et al. 2023

Int. J. Sci. Res. Arch.

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“…While the literature citing urban and rural situations in the adherence to the behavioral recommendations appears to report mixed results around the world (e.g., a higher level of compliance found in urban people [17,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41] or no differences [42][43][44]), preventive behaviors in Japan seem to be fairly similar between urban and rural areas [13,14,34]. Our work provides a more holistic view on people's preventive behaviors in urban and rural Japan by covering a broader range of people in our cross-sectional survey (vs. small group interviews [13,14]) and by explicitly defining urban and rural areas at the municipal level (vs. comparison at the prefectural level [34]).…”

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the General Public in Urban and Rural Areas in Southern Japan

Sasaki

Ichinose

2022

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Urban and rural areas are situated in contrasting physical and social settings, which influence their levels of exposure as well as their preventive behaviors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The study investigated whether there were differences between the areas regarding the levels of difficulty and anxiety felt by the general public during the first wave of COVID-19 in April and May 2020. We conducted an online questionnaire in Fukuoka and Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan via a private research company and collected a total of 913 valid responses from individuals whose conditions of employment were affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Although urban areas experienced higher case rates compared to rural areas, ordinal logistic regression analysis revealed no significant differences between urban and rural respondents concerning the level of difficulty in routine life. The daily-life contents which made them feel difficult during the first wave also did not differ largely between the contrasting areas. Urban respondents appeared to have experienced a higher level of difficulty in finding an alternative job, but how respondents found one, if successful, did not differ between urban and rural areas. The area of residence played a role in explaining the level of anxiety toward being infected, especially when the anxiety-related questions involved relationships with neighbors. Rural respondents showed a significantly higher level of anxiety toward causing neighbors trouble and being criticized if infected. Respondents who were better embedded in their communities generally felt more anxious about being infected, regardless of whether they lived in urban or rural areas. Women and respondents with children were more likely affected by abnormal situations caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Our study highlights the prevailing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the general public regardless of whether in urban or rural settings, as well as the potential contribution of social ties among people to protecting communities from infectious pathogens.

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“…Poor literacy corresponded to a score of (<60%) and good literacy corresponded to a score of (>60%). 10 A multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed followed by modeling procedure considering backward elimination process, including pre-specified confounders i.e., age, religion, parental education, parental occupation, monthly family income, family size and family history related to NCDs. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals with respect to literacy on preventive health behaviors of NCDs were calculated for the specified exposures.…”

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Insights of literacy on preventive behaviors of non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh: descriptive types of cross-sectional study among female university students

Banu¹,

Chowdhury²,

Akter³

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Non-communicable diseases were the leading global causes of mortality, causing more deaths compare to all other causes combined, which strike hardest at world's low and middle-income countries. The aim of the study was to ascertain the health literacy and its practical application among the young generation to prevent major non communicable diseases. Methods: This was a descriptive type of cross-sectional study with 400 participants drawn from female university students of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Data were gathered by pre-tested, self-administered, structured and anonymous online questionnaires. Analysis was performed by using multivariate techniques followed by regression modelling and the margin of error was considered as 0.05. Results: Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents showed that, majority of the female students belonged to age group <25 years. Study found that 63.5% of all university students had poor literacy on prevention of NCDs with female propensity. It was observed that highest level of poor literacy was about cancer (73.20%) and hypertension (75.20%) among all other NCDs. Statistically significant analysis observed that monthly lower family income <468 USD (AOR/p=1.73/0.01), respondents of businessman father (AOR=1.68/0.06) and residing in a family with >4 members (AOR/p=0.67/0.00) were the predictors for poor literacy about preventive health behavior on NCDs. Conclusions: This study revealed that the status of literacy on preventive health behaviors of NCDs among female university students was not satisfactory and very few had overall good literacy. This study found several important predictors under socio-demographic consequence played a significant role regarding poor literacy.

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Preventive Behaviors to Mitigate COVID-19: Urban-Rural Disparities of Densely Populated Country like Bangladesh

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Infection dynamics of COVID-19 in children of Bangladesh

Infection dynamics of COVID-19 in children of Bangladesh

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the General Public in Urban and Rural Areas in Southern Japan

Insights of literacy on preventive behaviors of non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh: descriptive types of cross-sectional study among female university students

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