Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about significant challenges to Ghana’s education system, leading to the closure of schools for months. On 31 May 2020, the government of Ghana took a bold decision based on expert advice to reopen schools for final-year students amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, data for students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 are limited. We sought to investigate students’ level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 at Tamale Technical Institute, Ghana. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 175 final-year students from June to August 2020. A validated questionnaire adapted from previous studies was distributed to the students in their various classes by the researchers. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, and multivariate logistic regression. All analyses were significant at a value of less than 0.05. Results. The mean age of the study participants was 21.1 years (SD = 2.67), with more males (72.0%) than females participating in the study. The majority (69.7%) of the students trust traditional media sources, i.e., television and radio to receive COVID-19-related information. Awareness about COVID-19 was high (98.3%), and in total, 62.9% (n = 110) had good knowledge, 58.3% (n = 102) had positive attitudes, and 54.9% (n = 96) had good practices towards COVID-19. Factors associated with knowledge were receiving education on COVID-19 (AOR = 0.23; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.55) and mother level of education (AOR = 0.13; 95% CI: 0.02, 0.66). Positive attitudes towards COVID-19 were 63% less likely among students who did not receive education on COVID-19 (AOR = 0.37; 95% CI: 0.15, 0.90). Students who received education on COVID-19 exhibited good practice towards COVID-19 than students who did not receive education on COVID-19 (p = 0.014). Conclusion. Final-year students of Tamale Technical Institute possess good knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19. Our findings demonstrate the significant role of health education in improving students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19. We recommend continuous and targeted health education to mitigate the widespread misconceptions about COVID-19 through the use of traditional media such as television and radio.

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在COVID-19大流行中恢复学校学习：对加纳技术学院最后一年的高中生的知识，态度和预防措施的快速评估

背景。COVID-19大流行给加纳的教育系统带来了严峻挑战，导致几个月的学校停课。2020年5月31日，加纳政府根据专家建议做出了一项大胆的决定，在COVID-19大流行中重开学年级的学生。但是，有关学生对COVID-19的知识，态度和做法的数据是有限的。我们试图在加纳的塔马利技术学院调查学生对COVID-19的知识，态度和实践水平。方法。从2020年6月至2020年8月，对175名最后一年级的学生进行了横断面研究。研究人员将根据以前的研究改编的经过验证的问卷分发给各个班级的学生。使用描述性统计数据，方差分析和多元逻辑回归分析数据。所有分析的显着性均低于0.05。结果。研究参与者的平均年龄为21.1岁（SD = 2.67），男性（72.0％）多于女性。大多数学生（69.7％）信任传统的媒体资源，例如电视和广播，以接收与COVID-19相关的信息。对COVID-19的认知度很高（98.3％），总共有62.9％（n  = 110）具有良好的知识，占58.3％（n = 110）。n  = 102）持积极态度，54.9％（n  = 96）对COVID-19有良好的实践。与知识相关的因素包括接受COVID-19的教育（AOR = 0.23； 95％CI：0.01，0.55）和母亲的教育水平（AOR = 0.13； 95％CI：0.02，0.66）。在未接受COVID-19教育的学生中，对COVID-19持积极态度的可能性降低了63％（AOR = 0.37； 95％CI：0.15，0.90）。与未接受COVID-19教育的学生相比，接受过COVID-19教育的学生表现出对COVID-19的良好实践（p  = 0.014）。结论。Tamale技术学院的最后一年的学生对COVID-19具有良好的知识，态度和实践。我们的发现证明了健康教育在提高学生对COVID-19的知识，态度和实践方面的重要作用。我们建议进行持续且有针对性的健康教育，以通过使用电视和广播等传统媒体来减轻对COVID-19的普遍误解。