COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors and its Related Beliefs among Health Workers: The Role of Threat and Coping Appraisals

• DOI: 10.29252/jech.7.3.221
• Publication Date: 2021-01-23T09:18:04Z
• Authors: Salman Khazaei; ; Saeed Bashirian; ; Ensieh Jenabi; ; Majid Barati; ; Akram Karimi-Shah...; ; Babak Moeini; ; Forouzan Rezapur-...; ; Manocheher Karami; ; Mohammad Khazaei; ; Seyedeh Zeynab Ha...; ; Ali Ataei; ; Zahra Eskandari; ; Zohreh Fazli
• Keywords: Risk Perception; Descriptive research; Multistage sampling

Aims: Health workers are at high risk of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and preventive behaviors play an important role in reducing the incidence deaths this infection. Therefore, aim present study was to investigate COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors its Related Beliefs among Workers Hamadan province using Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM). Instruments & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive conducted on 950 health Hamadan, 2020 who were selected by multistage random sampling method. The data collected a questionnaire including demographic information EPPM constructs. Data analyzed STATA 14 statistics Pearson correlation test. Findings: avoiding contact with others frequent hand washing soap water 97.8% 95.3%, respectively, had highest frequency personnel. condition constructs evaluated relatively favorable level. Also, 46.0% personnel involved perception process. Conclusion: It is necessary improve level perceived self-efficacy employees also emphasize effectiveness recommended strategies prevention Covid-19 disease.