A Rohit, Vijayalaxmi Mangasuli, A M Amrutha, Bhagyalaxmi Sidenur, S B Vijeth
Status of vector protection measures and awareness regarding vector borne diseases in families residing in a Nirmal Gram Puraskar village in India
Journal of vector borne diseases
following covid19 pandemic disease prevention preventive behaviors become crucial public health young adults internet popular source health information however research explores factors associated disease preventive behaviors based ehealth literacy ehl health belief model hbm young adults lacking crosssectional study design used snowball sampling used recruit participants social network services proportionate stratified sampling applied according age sex education level mitigate sampling bias url link online survey provided via mobile phones total 324 participants aged 20 39 completed structured questionnaires response rate 982 frequency descriptive statistical analyses independent ttests oneway analyses variance pearsons correlation coefficients multiple linear regression analyses performed factors associated covid19 preventive behaviors covid19related ehl 376 p 001 selfefficacy 221 p 001 positively associated covid19 preventive behaviors boosting selfefficacy ability find evaluate apply health information sufficient evidence internet improve covid19 preventive behaviors government healthcare personnel consider psychological factors selfefficacy developing covid19 disease prevention behavioral guidelines internet