Abstract: The study investigates awareness level and attitude toward the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease Infection (EVDI) among students in Kogi State College of Education (T), Kabba, Nigeria. Ebola virus is a disease associated with bodily fluids that may easily be spread among students’. Therefore there is need to target students for public health education. Research questions and hypothesis were formulated for the study based on students’ awareness and attitude towards the infection of the disease. Fish bowl sampling method was used to select 500 male and female students from the total number of students in the three schools of the college. Self-developed and validated instrument was used to gather information from the students. SLAEVDI Test at 0.72 reliability and SAEVDI Scale at 0.67 reliability using. Descriptive statistic of X2 at 0.05 degree of freedom 1 was used to analyse the data collected. Result shows that Ho on awareness (X2cal ≥ X2t) was reject Ho, while Ho on attitude (X2 cal < X2t) was accepted. This indicates that there is a need for adequate information and prevention on health risks associated with Ebola Virus Disease infections. Suggestions were made to prevent the outbreak in the college.
Keywords: Ebola virus, Awareness level, Attitudes, Disease Infection, Prevention.
Title: Awareness Level and Attitude of Students in Kogi State College of Education (Technical), Kabba Kogi State, Nigeria towards Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Infection
Author: JACOB FUNSO FLORENCE
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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