A descriptive study to assess the knowledge on use of face mask and adherence to the preventive measures of Covid-19 appropriate behavior among the people in selected rural area of Aurangabad district.

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Problem statement : A descriptive study to assess the knowledge on use of face mask and adherence to the preventive measures of Covid-19 appropriate behavior among the people in selected rural area of Aurangabad district. Introduction :The Personal protective equipment refers to protective clothing or other garment designed to protect the wearers from injury by blunt impacts, electrical hazards chemicals and infection. Personal protective equipment is defined in the regulations as “all equipment which is intended to be worn or held by a person at work and which protects him against one or more risks to his health or safety. A face mask is a loose fitting and single use device that covers the nose mouth, and chin. It proves a physical barrier against potentially infectious droplet and is a simple and low cost non-pharmaceutical individual intervention for protecting oneself and preventing the spread of respiratory infections, health organizations worldwide recommend the use of face masks to prevent the spread of respiratory infections. Research methodology : The total 100 subjects were selected through simple random sampling technique. The Data was collected by means of self-administered structured closed ended knowledge questionnaire and a checklist scale. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of mean percentage by distribution and chi square tests for association. Result: The study results shows that The assessment in the level of knowledge of among rural population in which 42 people (42%) had good knowledge, 38 people (38%) had average knowledge whereas 20 people (20%) had poor knowledge. Regarding The assessment in ( the level of adherence) to the preventive measures of covid-19 appropriate behavior in which 16 people (16%) had good level of adherence, 66 people(66%) had average level of adherence and 18 people (18%) had poor level of adherence. The Chi square test used to find out the association between knowledge scores and level of adherence to the preventive measures of covid-19 appropriate behavior of people of selected rural areas of Aurangabad district with the selected socio demographic variables by using contingency table. The Findings shows that there is a significant association between level of adherence to the preventive measures and selected socio demographic variables.

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