Role Of Knowledge And Perceived Vulnerability In Percieved Controllability Of Zika Virus Among Customs Officers
Abstract
Zika contagion is extensively honored to be one of the deadly infections in the world, which has led to the demise of some of its victims in different corridor of the world. The study examined the part of knowledge and perceived vulnerability on perceived controllability among Nigerian custom officers. 500 custom officers in Seme( Lagos State), Idiroko( Ogun State) and Jibia( Kastina State) border were judgmentally named as actors in the study. Data were collected via a standardized questionnaire that comported of Zika Knowledge Scale, Perceived Vulnerability Scale and Perceived Controllability Scale. The data collected were anatomized using the Pearson correlation analysis, direct retrogression analysis, one- way analysis of friction and t- test statistic. The results revealed amongst others that there’s significant relationship between zika knowledge and perceived controllability( r = 0.198; p<0.05) and no significant relationship between perceived vulnerability and perceived controllability( r = -0.042, p>0.05); there was no educational differences among repliers in perceived vulnerability( F = 4.12; p>0.05); perceived controllability( F = 7.36; p>0.05) and zika knowledge( F = 2.11; p>0.05). In addition to these, it was set up that gender differences was in perceived controllability( t = 2.39; p<0.05). Grounded on this, the study suggests that Public health authorities in the Nigeria should continue to raise mindfulness among women of reproductive age about the threat for Zika contagion infection from trip, enabling them to more make informed opinions
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