Facemask-wearing behavior to prevent COVID-19 and associated factors among public and private bank workers in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given widespread vulnerability to COVID-19 infection in areas with low vaccination rates, facemask wearing is repeatedly emphasized for the general population including bank workers, who have contact with many customers each day. Over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies focused on facemask wearing among healthcare workers but not among bank workers, who are also at risk of COVID-19. To address this gap and to consider intervention measures that encourage the wearing of facemasks, this study was conducted to identify behaviors of facemask wearing and associated factors among bank workers in Dessie City, Ethiopia.

Materials and methods

An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 413 bank workers who were selected using a simple random

SUBMITTER: Hassen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8635365 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature