COVID-19: Preventive knowledge and practices among Moroccan    high school students

Mounchid Karima; El Bouqdaoui Karima; Ben Moula Anass; Azaroual Oussama; Moussafir Zineb; Cherki Mounia

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.8363

Authors

Mounchid Karima Laboratory of Health and Environment, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco and Educational Research Team, Provincial Direction of National Education, Settat, Morocco
El Bouqdaoui Karima
elbouqdaouik@gmail.com
Laboratory of Health and Environment, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco
Ben Moula Anass Laboratory of Agri-food and Health Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Settat, Morocco
Azaroual Oussama Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Sciences Dar El Mahraz, Fez, Morocco
Moussafir Zineb Biochemistry of Naturel Products Team, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Errachidia, Morocco
Cherki Mounia Laboratory of Health and Environment, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, Casablanca, Morocco

Keywords:

COVID-19, Pandemic, secondary learners, Morocco, knowledge, practices

Abstract

Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has been recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Global efforts have been made to prevent the spread of the disease through political decisions and personal behaviors. In Morocco, a series of measures have been adopted to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and practices regarding COVID-19 among Moroccan high school students. All subjects were interviewed using an online questionnaire that tested their knowledge and preventive practices concerning COVID-19. Analysis of socio-demographic data showed that 56.33% were girls, aged between 15 and 18 years (85.3%), the majority was science students (95.3%), from urban areas of the Settat-Casablanca region. The survey revealed that social media was the main source of knowledge about the COVID-19, the majority of students (96%) surveyed high school students followed the information of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, 97% of learners confirmed keeping the recommended social distance, while 68.60% actually practice this measure, 82.40% of high school students are aware of the persistence of COVID on surfaces, more than half of the participants do not shake hands greeting each other (56.40%).

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