A Study to Assess the Awareness and Attitude Towards maintaining Social Distancing during Corona virus Disease (COVID 19) Pandemic among Residents of Selected Area of Pune City

Authors

  • Jasneet Kaur1 , Sheetal Barde1 , Shital Waghmare1 , Sheela Upendra2 , Priyanka Kadam3 , Suresh Ray4

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12236

Keywords:

Corona, COVID 19, Attitude, Awareness, Pandemic, Social Distancing

Abstract

There is a public health alert as a huge pandemic situation has emerged in the country and across the globe
regarding the novel corona virus outbreak. India is on high alert as total cases crossed one lakh.1
Maharashtra
is leading the scoreboard with 33000 plus cases and number is increasing day by day. Social Distancing
plays important role in combating the situation but depends on the attitude and awareness of the community2
Objective: The main aim of the study is to identify the attitude and level of awareness among the community
regarding social distancing in pandemic situation
Methods: A cross sectional design was used along with structured questionnaire tool for data collection.
A snowball sampling method was adopted where a goggle form was developed which was sent through
various online modes. The study mode was purely online. Participants were from the age of 18 and above
who knows English and were willing to participate in the study.
Results: The results showed that People have partial awareness related to the pandemic situation of corona
virus spread. Surprisingly 33.1% people think that there is treatment of COVID 19. They showed good
interest and positive attitude towards hand washing and maintain social distancing but for maintaining
protocols and guidelines to follow for social distancing they were not comfortable.

Author Biography

  • Jasneet Kaur1 , Sheetal Barde1 , Shital Waghmare1 , Sheela Upendra2 , Priyanka Kadam3 , Suresh Ray4

    1Assistant Professor, 2Associate Professor, 3Tutor, of Symbiosis College of Nursing, Symbiosis International
    (deemed University) Pune, 4Associate Professor, Bharati Vidyapeth College of Nursing

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Published

2020-10-29

How to Cite

A Study to Assess the Awareness and Attitude Towards maintaining Social Distancing during Corona virus Disease (COVID 19) Pandemic among Residents of Selected Area of Pune City. (2020). Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 14(4), 3865-3869. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12236