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Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Perceived Health Facility Preparedness Regarding COVID-19 in Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are known to spearhead the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, their knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are considered critical to the success of the current COVID-19 response efforts. This study aims to...

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Autores principales:	Kanu, Sulaiman, James, Peter Bai, Bah, Abdulai Jawo, Kabba, John Alimamy, Kamara, Musa Salieu, Williams, Christine Ellen Elleanor, Kanu, Joseph Sam
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Dove 2021
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810694/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33469299 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S287156

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