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will serve as reference only in creating qualitative research proposal. When the data
were gathered, past tense will be used all throughout the paper except for specific
A Qualitative Research
By:
Paga, Barbie
Puday, Gazelle
Sano, Kaye
Patungao, Stephanie
March 2019
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
syndrome Corona Virus-2 (SARS COV-2) comes a severe respiratory disease known
that was first discovered in December 2019, in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China
(Althaus CL., 2019) SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the larger family of ribonucleic acid
(RNA) viruses, leading to infections, from the common cold, to more serious
been identified as fever, dry. Cough, fatigue, myalgia, shortness of breath, and
contact with an infected person. The details on the disease are evolving. As such,
this may not be the only way the transmission is occurring. COVID-19 has spread
widely, from Wuhan City, to other parts of the world, threatening lives of many people
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the
Concern (PHEIC) calling for countries to take urgent and aggressive action against
the spread of the virus. The epidemic here in the Philippines is an unprecedented
crisis in recent history. After the first case was announce on January 20, 2020, there
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have been 22,845 deaths as of June 14, 2021 (WHO).Given the epidemic’s scale,
timing, and unpredictability threatening the health care system’s routine capabilities,
known about the epidemiological evidence of the disease, including its transmission
dynamics, epidemic doubling time, and reproductive frequency. With the scarcity of
the public to engage in precautionary behaviors and the disease response and
surveillance efforts at the policy level (Nelson C, Lurie N, 2020). Amidst pandemics,
educating, engaging, and mobilizing the public to become active participants may
individuals of all socioeconomic groups, races, nations, and continents, while the
responses have been the quarantining of entire communities, social isolation, closing
of schools, and shelter in-place orders, which have suddenly changed daily life. As a
result of this pandemic, people found themselves forced to cope with new emotional
challenges and particularly with feelings of stress, uncertainty and fear. Despite the
rigorous global control and quarantine efforts, the incidence of Covid-19 continuous
coupled with the often vague and silent symptom profile have challenged medical
2020). The swift evolution, magnitude and uncertainty associated with the disease
have forced public health authorities worldwide to implement massive and rapid
measures across the board (Smith& Gibson, 2020). This significant global impact of
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COVID-19 highlights the importance of considering the context in which, ultimately
influenced by the public’s knowledge and practices toward COVID-19 (Chen Y-M,
2020).
and sustain preventive behaviors among the public, evidence on social, cognitive,
and psychological factors associated with the behaviors is necessary. Prior to studies
perception, and efficacy belief help motivate people to adopt preventive behaviors.
beliefs, emotion, and risk perception, might all account for precautionary actions of
effective public health interventions. The issue of health inequalities unfolding during
example, the novel influenza A (H1N1) burden was substantially higher for people
who were less educated, living in more deprived neighborhoods, and experiencing
In the case of the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), it has
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COVID-19 is also emerging fast. People living in impoverished and racially and
It is also worth noting that the COVID-19 burden may be coupled with existing
unevenly distributed among people. Less educated individuals, and the elderly
showed lower COVID-19 knowledge and behaviors than their counterparts, and risk
about the virus. Assessing the knowledge and practices related to COVID-19 among
the general public would be helpful to provide better insights to address poor
knowledge about the disease and the development of preventive strategies and
health promotion programs. Among the lessons learned from the SARS outbreak is
that knowledge and practices are associated with levels of panic and emotion which
could further complicate measures to contain the spread of the disease (Lopez-Gatell
H, 2020).
principles and measures in public health crisis are also important in developing
awareness and knowledge about the coronavirus, deeper insights into existing public
perception and practices can be gain, thereby helping to identify attributes that
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Assessing public knowledge is also importation identifying gaps and strengthening
Despite this interest, no one to the best of our knowledge has conducted
study related to knowledge and practices of LGU personnel in Tabuk City particularly
in qualitative approach.
The knowledge and practices of LGU in Tabuk City Hall towards this Covid-19
pandemic could play a key role in the way they accept the actions put in place to
control its spread and their willingness to seek and adhere to care. The continuous in
the number of cases and the overall good knowledge and practice justify a further
Encouraging all the LGU in Tabuk City Hall for this behavior suggests a
chance to normalize safe practices and promote a continued use of these and other
COVID-19. The result may serve as an eye opener to the society as this is a global
issue. To the students, they will be aware of what is happening around them. For the
teachers, the information may serve as a reference material for them. The result may
also serve as a reflection for the local government unit (LGU) on what they can
consider in their decision making. Moreover, the result may serve as ideas for further
research.
Thus, the main goal of the present study is to understand and describe
knowledge and practice concerning COVID-19 of LGU in Tabuk City Hall related to
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Research Objectives
This qualitative research aims to understand and explore the knowledge and
practices of LGU officer or personnel in Tabuk City Hall to spread awareness related
1. To describe the knowledge of the LGU officer or personnel in Tabuk City Hall
concerning COVID-19
2. To describe the practices of the LGU officer or personnel in Tabuk City Hall
The study limits its coverage on the 10 LGU officer or personnel in Tabuk City
Hall only. Its main purpose is to explore the knowledge and practices of the LGU
19.
Definition of Terms
The following words are hereby defined for the understanding of the readers:
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CHAPTER II
METHODOLOGY
data analysis.
Research Design
The study will apply phenomenology as its qualitative research design. The
from the first-person point of view. The central structure of an experience is its
Sampling Procedure
sampling. The main criterion for choosing each participant is: He/she should be
an officer presently working under the LGU of Tabuk City Hall. Judgmental
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probability sampling technique in which the sample members are chosen only on
S, Hickman M. 2013).
For the purposes of this research, interview protocol will serve as a guide in
The researchers will prepare interview protocol which also includes two main
questions corrected by the research adviser prior to the conduct of the study, so
as for the researchers to guide the interview towards the satisfaction of research
questions during the online interview. The researchers will ask consent from
participants if they are willing to cooperate for the purpose of the study and when
they will give permission, the interview will be conducted. The data collected then
will be treated confidential and for the purpose of the study only.
Data Analysis
method for analyzing qualitative data in many disciplines and fields, and can be
different research questions. Responses and answers from the executed messenger
audio-call interviews transcribed into text which involve making an exact or word-for-
word text version of the contents of the audio messengers audio-call interview will be
translated into English. The text or script will then be scrutinized to draw some codes.
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Words such as '' Knowledge and practices'' are example preset codes. The main
codes to be formulated will then base on the codes that can be noted during the
analysis and then presented in the corpus part of the study or the collection of
verbatim responses. Then those codes will be then grouped into common themes.
Then interpretation of the data will be discussed that will shed light on the meaning
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