Community Level of COVID-19 Information Exposure and Influencing Factors in Northwest Ethiopia.
Animut Tagele TamiruBayew Kelkay RadeEden Bishaw TayeZelalem Nigussie AzeneMehari Woldemariam MeridAtalay Goshu MulunehGetahun Molla KassaMelaku Kindie YenitAsefa Adimasu TaddeseKassahun Alemu GelayeDemiss Mulatu GeberuSewbesew Yitayih TilahunHabtamu Sewunet MekonnenAbere Woretaw AzagewChalachew Adugna WebnehGetaneh Mulualem BelayNega Tezera AssimamawChilot Desta AgegnehuTelake AzaleZewudu AndualemHenok DagneKiros Terefe GashayeGebisa Guyasa KabitoTesfaye Hambisa MekonnenSintayehu Daba WamiJember AzanawTsegaye Adane BirhanMekuriaw AlemayehuPublished in: Risk management and healthcare policy (2020)
Communities total level of good information exposure from different information platforms about COVID-19 in this study area remains low. Age, high level of education, browsing social media, and those having interpersonal (family and friends) discussion were the factors that significantly influence communities who have good information exposure related to COVID-19. Therefore, efforts on community mobilization through regional/national mass media and other information conveying platforms are recommended.