DESCRIBE THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF COVID-19 PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF THE STAFF OF COMMUNE HEALTH STATIONS AND REGIONAL POLYCLINICS UNDER THANH TRI DISTRICT HEALTH CENTER IN 2022 AND SOME RELATED FACTORS

Abstract

The level of knowledge and practice of Covid-19 prevention among healthcare workers is one of the decisive factors for the spread of Covid-19. Therefore, healthcare workers' knowledge and practice of Covid-19 prevention should be regularly assessed. Design a cross-sectional descriptive study on 118 health workers at the Thanh Tri district health station and general clinic. As a result, 96,6% of health workers have good knowledge of Covid-19 prevention, and 100% of health workers have satisfactory practices according to the scale of Covid-19 prevention. The analysis results show that factors including education level, professional qualifications of health workers, and access to information about Covid-19 through training and through the Internet are related to knowledge about Covid-19 prevention with statistical significance p<0,05. Knowledge and practice scores of health workers on Covid-19 prevention have a positive correlation with r = 0,504 and p < 0,001. It is necessary to strengthen training and timely issue guidance documents on Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control.