knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding covid-19 among college-degree students in southern district of india

Background and aims: a case of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) was identified first in wuhan, china in december 2019. to prevent the rampant spread of covid-19, the behavioral change of people was crucial. this study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice (kap) toward covid-19 among college-degree students in the southern district of india. methods: a cross-sectional, online study was conducted from january to february 2021 among 400 collegedegree students. snowball sampling technique was adopted for collecting data using a semi-structured questionnaire. data were entered in excel and analyzed using epi info version 7.2. results: out of 400 participants, 107 (26.75%) were male and 293 (73.25%) were female. out of all the men in the study, 107 (100%) had good knowledge regarding covid-19 infection, whereas 276 (94.2%) of women had good and 17 (5.8%) had average knowledge (p < 0.01). a total of 262 (89.4%) and 31 (10.6%) women had a positive attitude and neutral attitude toward covid-19 infection, respectively, whereas in men, the majority (86, 80.4%) had a positive, followed by (14, 13.1%) negative and (7, 6.5%) had neutral attitude (p < 0.001). all the students 400 (100%) had good practice 400 (100%) regarding covid-19 infection. conclusion: the male students had better knowledge about covid-19 infection, but the positive attitude towards covid-19 was higher among women. the practice regarding covid-19 infection was satisfactory among all the students.