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The situation requires continued use of COVID-19 control measures by health workers and this will likely depend on their sources of information\/knowledge\/attitude about COVID-19 and previous use of COVID-19 control measures. We explored the COVID-19 information sources, knowledge, attitude, control practices, and the predictors, among health workers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. We implemented an online-offline analytical cross-sectional survey from March 12 to May 9, 2022 among all categories of health workers (clinical\/non-clinical, public\/private) working\/living in Ebonyi state who gave consent and were selected via convenience\/snowballing sampling. Data was collected with a structured self-administered\/interviewer-administered questionnaire via WhatsApp\/KoBoCollect. Descriptive\/inferential analyses were done including multivariate generalized linear models. 1276 health workers were surveyed. The commonest individual source of information about COVID-19 was health workers (used by 83.8%), followed by radio (67.9%), television (59.6%), family members\/relatives\/friends (57.9%) etc. The main individual source of information for majority of the participants was health workers (for 35.0%) followed by radio (24.5%), television (14.4%) etc. The most trusted individual source of information for majority of the participants was health workers (for 39.4%) followed by radio (26.0%), television (14.3%) etc. Interpersonal sources were the main\/most trusted source of information for the majority (48.0%\/49.8%) followed by traditional media (39.4%\/40.6%) and internet\/social media\/SMS (12.6%\/9.6%). 42.3%, 81.3%, and 43.0% respectively had good knowledge, good attitude, and good control practice about COVID-19. The most important predictors of the main\/most trusted sources of information about COVID-19 were place of work (public\/private), level of place of work (primary-secondary\/tertiary), age, and years of working experience. Good knowledge about COVID-19, good attitude towards COVID-19, strong COVID-19 experience\/perception, working at a tertiary facility, tertiary education, and decrease in years of working experience were strong predictors of good control practice about COVID-19. This study\u2019s evidence regarding the commonest\/main\/most trusted information sources and control practice about COVID-19 should be considered by later COVID-19\/similar health emergencies\u2019 policy actions to optimise emergency health information dissemination and use of control measures by health workers in Ebonyi state\/Nigeria\/other similar settings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-024-57647-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,25]],"date-time":"2024-03-25T21:40:27Z","timestamp":1711402827000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["COVID-19 information sources, knowledge, attitude, control practices and the predictors among health workers during the pandemic in Ebonyi state, Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.1038","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Ugwu I.","family":"Omale","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ifeyinwa M.","family":"Okeke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Okechukwu O.","family":"Ukpabi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Richard L.","family":"Ewah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Osarhiemen","family":"Iyare","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chidinma I.","family":"Amuzie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Onyinyechukwu U.","family":"Oka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Azuka S.","family":"Adeke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Victor U.","family":"Uduma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Glory E.","family":"Nkwo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cordis O.","family":"Ikegwuonu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ugochi I. 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