Sentiment d’auto-efficacité chez les populations et gestion des risques de sante lies à la matière fécale

Abstract

The objective of our study was to determine the correlation between feelings of self-efficacy and the management of health risks associated with fecal matter. In the light of the theoretical postulate on self-efficacy as a psychosocial model for predicting behavior in relation to risk exposure and preservation of health, we have developed seven questions to research the sources of self-efficacy, namely active experience, vicarious experience, persuasion, physiological and emotional states, and three key concepts of cognitive social theory including purpose, expectation of results, environmental obstacles (Bandura, 1996). These seven questions led to the development of seven research hypotheses. To conduct our study, we chose the quantitative method, with as a data collection tool a questionnaire on the sense of self-efficacy scale. The sample consists of 320 participants, including 161 women and 159 men who live in the 18 districts of Yaoundé 2. To analyze them, we used SPSS software. Two tests were used, the student's t-test, and the Bravais Pearson correlation test, the first allowed to examine the variability, and the second to establish the link which exists between the variables. The results obtained show that there is a significant correlation between all the modalities of IV and DV except for the vicarious experience which has no correlation with risk management. Active experience (r = -0.270), persuasion (-0.174), and expectation of results (-0.201) have negative correlations. The various calculations led us to conclude that in the context of our study, self-efficacy really has an impact on risk management. According to the variable categorization table, the vast majority have average self-efficacy for average risk management. Evidence that indeed risk management varies is a function of self-efficacy. Thus, self-efficacy could be a way to clean up the city and then give a boost to the welfare state which would save money by changing the behavior of its citizens.