%0 Journal Article
%T Barrier Gestures Regarding Covid-19: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of the Population of the Bobozo Health District in Kananga in the Democratic Republic of Congo<br />
%A Pascal Pambi Mukanga
%A Th¨¦ophile Mukonkole Yalumami
%A Dominique Ilunga Masumbuku
%A C¨¦lestin Ngalamulume wa mpesa
%A Jean Paul Sangunu Samapangu
%A Thierry Nshimbi Lubaba
%A Mucail Mucail Teddy
%A C¨¦lestin Kamoyi Kamoyi
%A Eric Ngoy Wa Muamba
%A Emmanuel Tshilembi Bowa
%A Erick Banza Lubaba Nkulu
%A Ir¨¨ne Ngoy Katombyo
%A Johon Mwanza Lukusa
%A Hendrick Mbutshu Lukuke
%A Bienfait Mwarabu MuchˇŻapa
%A Simon Ilunga Kandolo
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 11
%N 12
%P 1-8
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2024
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1112591
%X <strong>Introduction:</strong> Covid-19 is an epidemic that has changed the global economic and health system. The objective of this work was to evaluate both the level of knowledge of the population about Covid-19 and the application of barrier gestures in the Health District of Bobozo in Kananga in the Kasa&#239; Central Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. <strong>Methods:</strong> A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out and covered a period of one year,<em> i.e.</em>, from January 1 to December 31, 2022. The data were first entered and encoded in Excel and then analyzed using Epi Info version 7.2.5.0. <strong>Re</strong><strong>sults:</strong> In the majority of cases, radio was the channel used for information, <em>i.e.</em>, 76% compared to 3.3% of respondents informed by the Community. Nearly half of the population cited coughing as a sign of Covid-19. In the selected sample, 64% of respondents blamed hand greetings as the main mode of contamination. In 52% of cases, the mask was the most used barrier measure. On the other hand, more than a third of cases (<em>i.e.</em>, 36.5% of the population surveyed) did not use barrier measures under the pretext that Covid-19 was a disease of rich people. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The level of knowledge of Covid-19 was found to be acceptable in Kananga. However, the population has not shown a good perception of the origin of Covid-19 and the application of barrier gestures against said disease. It is therefore important to amplify health education in the different socio-political-cultural layers to fight against resistance to barrier gestures not only for Covid-19 but also for other epidemics.<br />
%K Covid-19
%K Barrier Measures
%K Attitudes
%K Knowledge and Practices
%K Kananga
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6843473