COVID-19 pandemic: Public attitudes and opinions on a global health crisis among residents in Sarawak, Malaysia

Wan Hashim, Wan Ibrahim and Thong, Jun Zhou and Lo, May Chiun and Abang Azlan, Mohamad and Ching, Jia Lie (2023) COVID-19 pandemic: Public attitudes and opinions on a global health crisis among residents in Sarawak, Malaysia. Journal of Emergency Management, 21 (5). pp. 761-786. ISSN 1543-5865

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Abstract

In Sarawak, Malaysia, several exceptional safety precautions and measures were adopted to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from spreading. Individuals’ attitudes and opinions have impact on their obedience toward control procedures. Sarawak residents’ attitudes and opinions toward COVID-19 were investigated in the present study. An online questionnaire developed using Google Forms was completed by 1,462 residents from all 12 divisions in Sarawak. The findings show that most Sarawak residents have positive attitudes and opinions about current standard operating procedures (SOPs) toward COVID-19. More than half of the respondents stand unbiased for the effectiveness of these SOPs, while most respondents have a neutral standpoint regarding the current law enforcement. The partial least square regression results found using the WarpPLS 7.0 software indicate that Sarawak residents’ attitudes, opinions about current SOPs, and their effectiveness are significantly linked to practices for the prevention of COVID-19 outbreak, whereas these residents’ opinions about current law enforcement were observed to have no significant relationship with proper practices for measures.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: COVID-19
Uncontrolled Keywords: attitudes, opinions, practices, COVID-19, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business
Depositing User: Mohamad
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2023 06:19
Last Modified: 20 Nov 2023 06:19
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43404

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