IASSI-Quarterly

UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue: 2

Covid-19: A Behavioural Surveillance Study in 100 Wards of Madurai Corporation, Tamil Nadu

  • Author:
  • V. Gurumoorthi, M. Nisanth, P. Jaya Kumar, R. Rajalakshmi, S Charles, P. Meenaloshini, Jobi Babu, D. Chinnadurai
  • Total Page Count: 17
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 336 to 352

*Assistant Professor of Social Work, Madurai Institute of Social Sciences, Email: vgmoorthi@gmail.com

**Principal (i/c), Madurai Institute of Social Sciences

***Assistant Professor of Social Work, Madurai Institute of Social Sciences

****Librarian, Madurai Institute of Social Sciences, respectively.

Online Published on 20 December, 2021.

Abstract

The main aim of the study is to understand the behavioural practices of people in Madurai Corporation in the context of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease). The major findings of the study are that a little more than two-third of the respondents (67.2 per cent) wash hands frequently, more than two-third of the respondents (68.6 per cent) wear masks every time, a little more than one-fifth of the respondents (21 per cent) maintain 6 feet of distancing from others, nearly two-fifth of the respondents (38.7 per cent) report to the nearest government health Centre, if developed any ailments.

Keywords

COVID-19, Behaviour, Hand wash, Face mask, Social distancing