54 Constabulary Compound;

154 Riverside Drive, Watooka

Mackenzie, Linden

Guyana

Dear residents,

The researcher is a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)

Caribbean Studies student, surveying persons on the effects of the current Coronavirus pandemic

which plagues the world. This questionnaire includes question-based on the research topic; to

investigate the changing patterns of disease – novel coronavirus pandemic and its impact on

Caribbean society.

With the dissemination of numerous questionnaires, this process will aid in the gathering

of primary data to complete this Internal Assessment. On this questionnaire, there is no

requirement for the use of names, thus ensuring confidentiality. Concerning the completion of

this questionnaire, you are asked to place a visible tick () in the box closest (□) to your answer,

which will look like this . This is not a test, therefore there are no right or wrong answers.

Yours sincerely,

Dexter Pellew,
Melania Hudson
 1. What is your gender?

Male

Female

Other

2. To which age group do you belong?

15 -25

26 -36

37-47

48 and over

3. How long have you been living in the area?

0 -9 years

10 -19 years

20 -29 years

30 years and over

4. Do you think there is a changing pattern of viruses/diseases in the region?

Yes

No

5. From your viewpoint, is the introduction of new viruses and/or diseases in the

Caribbean, moreover, Amelia’s Ward increasing or decreasing?

Increasing

Decreasing

List of viruses/disease to answer questions 6 through 10: Dengue fever, Cholera,

Falciparum malaria, Typhoid, Salmonella, Leptospirosis, HIV/ AIDS, Tuberculosis,

Schistosomiasis [snail fever], filariasis, Wuchereria bancrofti [major cause of lymphatic

filariasis], Ascaris [caused by parasitic worms], Strongyloides [caused by parasitic worms] and,

SARS-CoV-2 [coronavirus].

6. Which sex do you think is more likely to contract those virus/diseases?

Male

Female

7. Have you ever heard of any viruses/diseases listed above?

Yes

No

8. How many of the above-mentioned viruses/diseases are familiar to you?

1 -2

3 -4

5 -6

7 and above

9. Do you think the health care facilities are equipped to deal with these viruses and

diseases from the list?

Yes

No

10. How do you think those viruses/diseases reaches this region?

Genetic mutation

Created in a lab

Parasites

Evolution
 Others

The questions below are on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

11. Name one of the symptoms associated with the SARS-CoV-2?

12. What are the impacts the Coronavirus pandemic has had on you? (three (3) most

impactful responses should be selected)

Shutting down of business

Financial strain

Closure of educational institutions

Closure of other social institutions

Separation of family members

Diseases contracted

Job loss

Developed mental health issues

Others

13. Do you believe the pandemic has affected the countries tourism sector?

Yes

No

14. Have you lived through any other endemic/pandemic, and has it affected your

community like the Coronavirus pandemic?

Yes

No

(a) If your response to ‘question 14’ was ‘yes’, please mention such.
15. Have you been infected with any of the viruses/diseases listed above?

Yes

No

(a) If your response to ‘question 15’ was ‘yes’, please mention such.

16. What measure has the residents of the Amelia’s Ward community took/ can practice

helping in the reduction of the virus transfer?

17. What strategy do you think the Government has organized/should be organized to

decrease the spread of the coronavirus?

18. How do/can you aim/seek to decrease the spread of the Coronavirus within your

society?