Seyed Taghi Heydari1, Leila Zarei2, Ahmad Kalateh Sadati3, Najmeh Moradi4, Maryam Akbari1, Gholamhossin Mehralian5, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani1. 1. Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 2. Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. leilazarei89@gmail.com. 3. Department of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. 4. Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 5. Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharma management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 outbreak is a global pandemic, during which the community preventive and protective behaviors play a crucial role in the containment and control of infection. This study was designed to contribute to the existing knowledge on how risk communication (RC) and risk perception (RP) affect protective and preventive behaviors (PPB) during the COVID-19 outbreak. METHODS: The required data were extracted from a national online survey of Iranian adults aged 15 and older during March 15-19, 2020 (n=3213). Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling. RESULTS: The study findings reveal that RC has direct and indirect positive effects on PB. Furthermore, this study also provides new evidence indicating that RP mediates the relationship between RC and PB and there is a two-way relationship between RC and RP. These interactions may have impact on risk communication strategies which should be adopted during this pandemic. CONCLUSION: The study findings have remarkable implications for informing future communications as well as interventions during this ongoing outbreak and subsequent national risk events.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 outbreak is a global pandemic, during which the community preventive and protective behaviors play a crucial role in the containment and control of infection. This study was designed to contribute to the existing knowledge on how risk communication (RC) and risk perception (RP) affect protective and preventive behaviors (PPB) during the COVID-19 outbreak. METHODS: The required data were extracted from a national online survey of Iranian adults aged 15 and older during March 15-19, 2020 (n=3213). Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling. RESULTS: The study findings reveal that RC has direct and indirect positive effects on PB. Furthermore, this study also provides new evidence indicating that RP mediates the relationship between RC and PB and there is a two-way relationship between RC and RP. These interactions may have impact on risk communication strategies which should be adopted during this pandemic. CONCLUSION: The study findings have remarkable implications for informing future communications as well as interventions during this ongoing outbreak and subsequent national risk events.
Authors: Brian J Schimmoller; Nídia S Trovão; Molly Isbell; Chirag Goel; Benjamin F Heck; Tenley C Archer; Klint D Cardinal; Neil B Naik; Som Dutta; Ahleah Rohr Daniel; Afshin Beheshti Journal: medRxiv Date: 2022-03-16
Authors: Emil Nafis Iftekhar; Viola Priesemann; Rudi Balling; Simon Bauer; Philippe Beutels; André Calero Valdez; Sarah Cuschieri; Thomas Czypionka; Uga Dumpis; Enrico Glaab; Eva Grill; Claudia Hanson; Pirta Hotulainen; Peter Klimek; Mirjam Kretzschmar; Tyll Krüger; Jenny Krutzinna; Nicola Low; Helena Machado; Carlos Martins; Martin McKee; Sebastian Bernd Mohr; Armin Nassehi; Matjaž Perc; Elena Petelos; Martyn Pickersgill; Barbara Prainsack; Joacim Rocklöv; Eva Schernhammer; Anthony Staines; Ewa Szczurek; Sotirios Tsiodras; Steven Van Gucht; Peter Willeit Journal: Lancet Reg Health Eur Date: 2021-07-30