RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND COVID 19 PREVENTION ACTIVITIES IN KALMUNAI REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES, SRI LANKA

Abstract

Various factors determine the effective community participation in preventing communicable diseases, especially controlling COVID 19 epidemic. The purpose of this study is to measure the relationship between effectiveness of the Community Participation and COVID 19 Prevention Activities in Kalmunai Regional Director of Health Services, Sri Lanka. This study uses the primary data collected via google forms from the community in Kalmunai Regional Director of Health Services based on convenient sampling method, to undertake the Correlation Analysis. The results from the correlation analysis confirm and suggest the strong positive correlations of the effectiveness of community participation with Prevention strategies such as Core Behaviors, MOH Level Platform, Supporting Vulnerable Groups, Behavioral Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation. And regression results reveal that core behaviors, and behavioral surveillance are significantly impact the effectiveness of the community participation in this area. these study findings additional knowledge and enhancing the mechanisms increase the community participation in epidemics