Parental Perceptions of COVID-19 Pandemic: Adherence to Laid Down Containment Measures

Ezeonwu Bertilla; Joseph Ajanwaenyi Uzoma; Uwadia Omozele; Osim Chinemerem; Ofudu Prince; Opara Hyginus; Adeniran Kayode; Onyeka-Okite Ezinne; Okike Clifford; Okolo Angela

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Parental Perceptions of COVID-19 Pandemic: Adherence to Laid Down Containment Measures

Ezeonwu Bertilla, Joseph Ajanwaenyi Uzoma, Uwadia Omozele, Osim Chinemerem, Ofudu Prince, Opara Hyginus, Adeniran Kayode, Onyeka-Okite Ezinne, Okike Clifford, Okolo Angela

Published in American Journal of Pediatrics (Volume 6, Issue 3)

Received: 30 July 2020 Accepted: 21 August 2020 Published: 27 August 2020

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Objectives: To ascertain, the perceptions of caregivers of children on covid-19 containment measures, the need for adherence to the measures to understand the reasons for poor compliance. Design: Qualitative prospective cross sectional survey of representative sub strata of the community’s population. Analysis according to these themes was conducted using standard Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta Georgia package called CDC EZ TEXT. Setting: The Focus Group discussions (FGDs) and the key informant (KIIs) interviews were held in the hospital at the respective units of the Pediatrics department at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Asaba. The FGDs and KIIs examined fifteen thematic areas. These focused on Knowledge of the cause of COVID-19, method of spread, implications of observance of the government imposed lockdown and other measures of disease containment. Participants: Consecutively recruited caregivers of children admitted to the various units of the Pediatrics department at the Federal Medical Center. Results: We consecutively recruited 61 consenting participants in FMC: 50 participants for the focused group discussion (FGD) and 11 for key informant interview (KII). They had fair knowledge of the causative organism of this pandemic, its method of spread and the implications of the disease containment measures were fully understood. Rather, the interviewees expressed their difficulties and frustrations in maintaining the rigors of application of these measures but would that government should expedite action towards the discovery of Protective vaccines because of the effect these measures had on their economic means of livelihoods. Conclusion: There is low personal and community engagement in implementation of containment measures. Further efforts should target community engagement.

Published in	American Journal of Pediatrics (Volume 6, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajp.20200603.41
Page(s)	357-361
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Covid-19, Perceptions, Community Engagement

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Ezeonwu Bertilla, Joseph Ajanwaenyi Uzoma, Uwadia Omozele, Osim Chinemerem, Ofudu Prince, et al. Parental Perceptions of COVID-19 Pandemic: Adherence to Laid Down Containment Measures. Am J Pediatr. 2020;6(3):357-361. doi: 10.11648/j.ajp.20200603.41

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Ezeonwu Bertilla

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Joseph Ajanwaenyi Uzoma

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Uwadia Omozele

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Osim Chinemerem

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Ofudu Prince

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Opara Hyginus

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Adeniran Kayode

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Onyeka-Okite Ezinne

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Okike Clifford

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria
Okolo Angela

Department of Pediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Asaba, Nigeria

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AU  - Ezeonwu Bertilla
AU  - Joseph Ajanwaenyi Uzoma
AU  - Uwadia Omozele
AU  - Osim Chinemerem
AU  - Ofudu Prince
AU  - Opara Hyginus
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