Knowledge-Behavior Gap on COVID-19 among Older People in Rural Thailand.
Knowledge-Behavior Gap on COVID-19 among Older People in Rural Thailand.
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DOI：
10.1177/2333721421997207
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发表时间：
2021-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Vicerra PMM
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作者：
Vicerra PMM
这项研究分析了泰国农村和城市老年人在预防感染COVID-19的知识和行为之间的关系方面的差异。路径分析用于观察老年人对疾病的知识水平是否影响保护行为的表现。这项研究使用了在泰国五个地区收集的COVID-19对老年人的影响调查。乡村居民受惠于乡村健康志愿者的社区网络，他们在疫情期间提供信息，但他们在获取新媒体来源（主要是互联网）以了解COVID-19的最新发展方面处于劣势。农村老年人对COVID-19的知识水平高于城市地区;在预防感染的行为方面没有观察到差异。知识-行为鸿沟被认为是一种认知回避机制，因为压倒性的前所未有的信息。
This study analyzed the difference between rural and urban older adults in Thailand regarding the relationship between the knowledge and behavior toward the prevention of contracting COVID-19. Path analysis was used to observe if the performance of protective behaviors was affected by the level of knowledge that older people have about the disease. This study used the Impact of COVID-19 on Older Persons in Thailand survey collected across the five regions of the country. Rural residents benefited from community network of village health volunteers who provided information during the pandemic but, they had disadvantages on accessing newer media sources, mainly the internet, for the latest developments on COVID-19. Rural older adults had a higher level of knowledge about COVID-19 than those in urban areas; no difference was observed regarding their behavior to prevent themselves from being infected. The knowledge-behavior gap was viewed as a mechanism of cognitive avoidance because of overwhelming unprecedented information.