{"id":5652,"date":"2025-06-20T09:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/perceptions-and-practices-on-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid19-in-a-bouake-prayer-camp-in-cote-divoire\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T06:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:16:22","slug":"perceptions-and-practices-on-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid19-in-a-bouake-prayer-camp-in-cote-divoire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/perceptions-and-practices-on-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid19-in-a-bouake-prayer-camp-in-cote-divoire\/","title":{"rendered":"Perceptions and practices on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) in a Bouak\u00e9 prayer camp in C\u00f4te d\u2019ivoire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Perceptions and practices on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) in a Bouak\u00e9 prayer camp in C\u00f4te d\u2019ivoire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ajsw\/article\/view\/220375' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ajsw\/article\/download\/220375\/207957' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>The barrier measures of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), particularly involving the total containment of Greater Abidjan and th e closure of borders, have caused social dysfunction in places of worship. In Bouak\u00e9, a town in central C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, spirituality in the clinical practice of the mentally ill has gained renewed interest at the Rehoboth prayer camp in S\u00e9ssenoua. The study aims to analyze perceptions relating to COVID-19 and the impact of religious prescriptions and conceptions on attitudes and preventive practices among actors in the prayer camp. For it, interviews were administered to 70 actors of the prayer camp including managers, patients, their parents and visitors. It emerged from this analysis that the lack of resourceful and reliable information associated with the proliferation of rumors explains the ignorance of the modes of transmission of COVID-19 by the actors of the prayer camp. In terms of preventive measures for COVID-19, the results also revealed that they are perceived as factors distorting and altering religious rituals during worship and prayers. It is important that state authorities become aware of these social and psychological impacts and above all, integrate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of faith-based and local communities into preventive measures in the face of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>M\u2019bra Kouakou Dieu-donn\u00e9 Kouadio<\/li>\n<li>Adiko Francis Adiko<\/li>\n<li>M\u2019bra Ahou Estelle Kouadio<\/li>\n<li>Ahou Marie-Ange Kouame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>Keywords not available.<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Perceptions and practices on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) in a Bouak\u00e9 prayer camp in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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