To Dean Melvin D. Miranda, erudite members of the panel of examiners, course facilitators, Mr.

Michael John V. Flores and Dr. Agnes V. Raymundo, and fellow student researchers, good morning.

Our collaborative research group, which composes of Mr. Jose Bernel, Mr. Javier Wesley and yours
truly, Victor de los Santos, humbly presents our research paper entitled, Knowledge, Attitudes, and
Practices towards COVID-19 Pandemic among Filipino Jeepney Drivers

The global virus pandemic is greatly affecting the world of work. Also, the long-term livelihoods and
well beings of millions are threatened by the economic and social disruption brought about by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 virus hit the economy of the Philippines and plunged into recessionTo slow down the
spread of the virus that has already devastated the economies globally, the country continues to
suffer one of the world's longest stay-at-home orders. In Manila, Philippines, jeepney drivers that
were on enhanced community quarantine were hit by the COVID-19 virus due to uncertainty both in
terms of their health and in their livelihood, which later led to hunger and homelessness.
There have been scarce resources when it comes to research and literature regarding the impact of
the disease to the Filipino people.

To fill this gap, the study aims to assess the levels of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Filipino
jeepney drivers towards COVID-19 and the pandemic event in an urban community.

Specifically, these will provide answers to the following questions....

1. What is the profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1 age,
1.2 civil status, and
1.3 educational attainment?
2. What is the level of knowledge of the respondents on COVID-19?
3. What is the level of attitude of the respondents on COVID-19?
4. What is the level of practice of the respondents regarding the minimum health standards applied
on COVID-19?    
5. Are there significant relationships among the respondents’ levels of knowledge, attitudes, and
practices concerning COVID-19 and the pandemic event?
6. Based on the results of the study, what specific instructional materials could be developed aimed
at improving COVID-19 knowledge and are helpful for Filipino jeepney drivers to promote
optimistic attitudes and maintain appropriate practices?

This hypothesis will be tested at 5% level of significance:

Ha: There are significant relationships among the respondents’ levels of knowledge, attitudes, and
practices concerning COVID-19 and the pandemic event.
Ho: There are no significant relationships among the respondents’ levels of knowledge, attitudes, and
practices concerning COVID-19 and the pandemic event.

Variables of levels of knowledge, attitudes, and practice and their relationships are the foci of this
study.
It will be conducted in Malabon City
Inclusion criteria include: Filipino, male,18-45 years old, licensed professional jeepney driver,
resident of Malabon City, and able to read, write, and understand Filipino or English languages
While Non-resident of Malabon City, drivers of UV Express, Grab. Angkas, Taxi, Bus,
Tricycle are excluded from this study.
 The results of the study are significant to the Filipino jeepney drivers, their Family and relatives,
Community, Health professionals / Nurse practitioners, Policy, and Research.

This study is anchored on Sister Callista L. Roy's Adaptation Model of Nursing. Roy’s work focuses
on human adaptive system responses and environmental stimuli, which are constantly changing. This
theory-guided study is foundational in providing the framework for the development of nursing
interventions to assist the jeepney drivers who are complex human beings with ever-changing
biological, psychological, social and spiritual needs especially during this pandemic event. 

The conceptual framework indicates the potential relationships of the independent and dependent
variables.
The study employs the Quantitative, nonexperimental, descriptive-Correlational design.
It will be conducted at the Jeepney terminal at General Trias Street, Hulong Duhat, Malabon City.

Non-probability, purposive sampling design will be utilized to select the respondents of the study. The
sample will consist of Filipino, male, 18-45 years, Licensed professional jeepney driver, Resident
of Malabon City, Able to read, write, and understand Filipino or English languages
Exclusion criteria include Non-resident of Malabon City and Drivers of UV Express, Grab. Angkas,
Taxi, Bus, Tricycle.

The adopted tool of Lau., et al will be used for data collection.

Descriptive statistics of Frequency, Percentage, Mean, and Standard deviation will organize and
describe the variables. Inferential statistics of Kruskal Wallis H Test will be employed to test the
hypothesis.

Beneficence, Respect for Human Dignity, and Justice are principles stated in the Belmont report
which will be observed in the research process.

That concludes the end of our presentation, thank you all for listening and have a wonderful day
ahead.