Department of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
Research Article
Occupational Impact and Health Seeking Behavior among Fishermen Community During COVID-19 Pandemic in Puducherry: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s): Divyabharathy R*, Angelin R.G and Abhijit V. Boratne
Background: COVID-19 pandemic is an unexpected event, which has many effects on people and their lifestyle. Fishermen community possess a unique folk characteristic. Their occupational impact, and health seeking behaviour were not studied much.
Aims and objective: To assess the occupational impact on fishermen community, health seeking behaviour during COVID-19 and their knowledge, attitude, practice of healthy habits in preventing COVID-19 transmission.
Materials and methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among the fishermen community in Puducherry. The sample size was estimated as 216, assuming that 50% of the study population had occupational impact due to COVID-19. Simple random sampling method was employed. The data was collected using a pilot tested semi-structured questionnaire for 2 .. View More»
