The COVID-19 Risk Perception: A Qualitative Study among the Population in an Urban Setting in Burkina Faso
Background: The population’s adherence to public health recommendations depends on many individual and collective cultural, socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental factors and the perception of the risks involved. This study aimed to describe and analyze the perception of risk related to cor...
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| author | Fadima Yaya Bocoum Kadidiatou Kadio Alice Bila Koiné Maxime Drabo Seni Kouanda |
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| description | Background: The population’s adherence to public health recommendations depends on many individual and collective cultural, socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental factors and the perception of the risks involved. This study aimed to describe and analyze the perception of risk related to coronavirus in the general population. Methods: A qualitative, exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. It involved the general population (youth and adults, men and women, traditional practitioners, religious leaders, and opinion leaders). The data were analyzed using the thematic analysis method. Results: Respondents perceived COVID-19 as deadly, dangerous, and highly contagious. It emerged that respondents perceived themselves to be at risk of being infected by the virus. This risk exposure is linked to several factors. These include the dangerousness of the disease contaminated by direct contact, the feeling of vulnerability linked to working conditions (traders, exposing themselves and others to the disease), status (elderly, and sick,), gender (mobility of men compared to women), and the risk relationship (the individual perceived as being a potential danger to his family/relatives). Vulnerability depended on the immune status of the people (elderly people, pregnant women, and people with chronic diseases), working conditions (shopkeepers, and traders), and also socioeconomic categories (wealthy people). Conclusion: Policymakers and actors in the response to COVID-19 should develop communication strategies to better address ongoing challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1918b65e7864cb4b416916945fdea8a2023-12-01T00:33:32ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602022-12-011211410.3390/socsci12010014The COVID-19 Risk Perception: A Qualitative Study among the Population in an Urban Setting in Burkina FasoFadima Yaya Bocoum0Kadidiatou Kadio1Alice Bila2Koiné Maxime Drabo3Seni Kouanda4Département Biomédical et Santé Publique, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7047, Burkina FasoDépartement Biomédical et Santé Publique, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7047, Burkina FasoDépartement Biomédical et Santé Publique, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7047, Burkina FasoDépartement Biomédical et Santé Publique, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7047, Burkina FasoDépartement Biomédical et Santé Publique, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7047, Burkina FasoBackground: The population’s adherence to public health recommendations depends on many individual and collective cultural, socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental factors and the perception of the risks involved. This study aimed to describe and analyze the perception of risk related to coronavirus in the general population. Methods: A qualitative, exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. It involved the general population (youth and adults, men and women, traditional practitioners, religious leaders, and opinion leaders). The data were analyzed using the thematic analysis method. Results: Respondents perceived COVID-19 as deadly, dangerous, and highly contagious. It emerged that respondents perceived themselves to be at risk of being infected by the virus. This risk exposure is linked to several factors. These include the dangerousness of the disease contaminated by direct contact, the feeling of vulnerability linked to working conditions (traders, exposing themselves and others to the disease), status (elderly, and sick,), gender (mobility of men compared to women), and the risk relationship (the individual perceived as being a potential danger to his family/relatives). Vulnerability depended on the immune status of the people (elderly people, pregnant women, and people with chronic diseases), working conditions (shopkeepers, and traders), and also socioeconomic categories (wealthy people). Conclusion: Policymakers and actors in the response to COVID-19 should develop communication strategies to better address ongoing challenges.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/1/14COVID-19risk perceptionvulnerable peoplepeople at riskBurkina Faso |
| spellingShingle | Fadima Yaya Bocoum Kadidiatou Kadio Alice Bila Koiné Maxime Drabo Seni Kouanda The COVID-19 Risk Perception: A Qualitative Study among the Population in an Urban Setting in Burkina Faso Social Sciences COVID-19 risk perception vulnerable people people at risk Burkina Faso |
| title | The COVID-19 Risk Perception: A Qualitative Study among the Population in an Urban Setting in Burkina Faso |
| title_full | The COVID-19 Risk Perception: A Qualitative Study among the Population in an Urban Setting in Burkina Faso |
| title_fullStr | The COVID-19 Risk Perception: A Qualitative Study among the Population in an Urban Setting in Burkina Faso |
| title_full_unstemmed | The COVID-19 Risk Perception: A Qualitative Study among the Population in an Urban Setting in Burkina Faso |
| title_short | The COVID-19 Risk Perception: A Qualitative Study among the Population in an Urban Setting in Burkina Faso |
| title_sort | covid 19 risk perception a qualitative study among the population in an urban setting in burkina faso |
| topic | COVID-19 risk perception vulnerable people people at risk Burkina Faso |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/1/14 |
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