Abstract : People are handling Covid-19 pandemic by following preventive measures. The preventive measures people are adopting are using face mask, maintaining personal hygiene, not travelling and not making appearance in mass and gathering. Several vaccines has also been discovered. One of the best preventive measure to prevent and control the transmission of covid-19 is the use of face mask.It has been more than 2 years of covid-19 pandemic. Still the practice of wearing a face mask is less. There are various factor impacting the practice of face mask. This report has identified the factors that can impact the decision of wearing a face mask or to not wear a face mask. A framework was made using Health Benefit Model. To study the factors impacting the practice of face mask Health Benefit Model has been used. It consist of 5 variables: perceived susceptibility, Perceived benefits, perceived severity, perceived barriers and cues to action. In this study all of the variables and how they impact the practice of face mask has been studied. Data were collected via google forms (online). The results of the study has discussed in details.
Keywords : Covid 19, Online, Health benefit model, Face Mask, Impact, Travelling
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