Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic impacts, worldwide, the daily activities of the population, in view of this, various preventive measures have been adopted to reduce the risks of contagion. In the educational field in Mexico, face-to-face classes have been suspended, adopting the use of electronic platforms; this, to avoid the risks of contagion. Measures like the aforementioned, the use of face masks, gels, healthy distance, face shields, among others, are already part of the daily routine. However, the level of perception, responsibility and behavior in the face of these measures by the various sectors of the population is unknown. In this study, the perception of high school and university students from Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico is analyzed. To know the aforementioned aspects, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out using the convenience sampling technique, applying a survey made up of 18 items of Likert-type, designed on the Google Forms platform, to a sample of 940 students of both sexes, in 10 public and private schools. The results show that, more than 50% of the students of both educational levels, have a perception that deviates from reality, they do not measure the importance of the preventive measures that the health sector recommends to reduce the contagion and lethality rate. Despite recognizing that the viral disease is contagious, they do not perceive the importance of measures such as washing hands with soap, using gels, masks, face masks, maintaining a healthy distance, among other sanitary measures. They assume the measure of confinement as necessary, although it generates stress and a decrease in their academic performance, reflected in low grades. The results found in the studied educational sector indicate that the educational authorities should strengthen the scientific learning of the students in relation to the epidemiological phenomenon of covid-19, in order to contribute to their conduct and implementation of health protection measures and prevention of this scourge.
Highlights
Throughout the history of humanity, different diseases have arisen that have been classified as pandemics, they cause serious health problems and effects in various dimensions of social life
The results found in the studied educational sector indicate that the educational authorities should strengthen the scientific learning of the students in relation to the epidemiological phenomenon of covid-19, in order to contribute to their conduct and implementation of health protection measures and prevention of this scourge
The most devastating for the Mexican population, is the one that occurred 500 years ago, about which Díaz del [3] indicates that, in 1520 in Cempoala, Veracruz, “Narváez came and brought a black man full of smallpox, the which infected all the Indians that were in a town called Cempoal, and from that town it spread throughout New Spain and there was a great pestilence”
Summary
Throughout the history of humanity, different diseases have arisen that have been classified as pandemics, they cause serious health problems and effects in various dimensions of social life. Considering that online learning helps to maintain social distance between students, the closure of schools was a significant disruption, followed by lack of physical activity and social isolation, which represents one of the main impacts to 91% or more of the student population [11,12,13] This is why, [14] argue that the challenges for schools and universities, as well as for teaching staff and students, are very great, since they face a complex health phenomenon, which has represented a challenge in teaching strategies, due to the change from the face-to-face modality to a virtual environment, through the use of platforms and through a greater family commitment [15,16]. These were captured through the validated instrument called opinion on social behavior (COVID 19), made up of 18 Likert-type items with 5 response options in each of them, while the time of performance for the instrument, was between 2 and 5 minutes
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