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Omori R, Ito K, Kanemitsu S, Kimura R, Iwasa Y. Human movement avoidance decisions during Coronavirus disease 2019 in Japan. J Theor Biol 2024; 585:111795. [PMID: 38493888 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
Abstract
Understanding host behavioral change in response to epidemics is important to forecast the disease dynamics. To predict the behavioral change relevant to the epidemic situation (e.g., the number of reported cases), we need to know the epidemic situation at the moment of decision, which is difficult to identify from the records of actually performed human mobility. In this study, the largest travel accommodation reservation data covering half of the existed accommodations in Japan was analyzed to observe decision-making timings and how it responded to the changing epidemic situation during Japan's Coronavirus Disease 2019 until February 2023. To this end, we measured mobility avoidance index proposed in Ito et al., 2022 to indicate people's decision of mobility avoidance and quantified it using the time-series of the accommodation booking/cancellation data. We observed matches of the peak dates of the mobility avoidance and the number of reported cases, and mobility avoidance changed proportional to the logarithmic number of reported cases. We also found that the slope of mobility avoidance against the change of the logarithmic number of reported cases were similar among the epidemic waves, while the intercept of that was much reduced as the first epidemic wave passed by. People measure the intensity of epidemic by logarithm of the number of reported cases. The sensitivity of their response is established during the first wave and the people's response became weakened after the first experience, as if the number of reported cases were multiplied by a constant small factor.
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- Ryosuke Omori
- Division of Bioinformatics, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan.
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- Division of Bioinformatics, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0020, Japan; Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Data Solution Unit 2(Marriage & Family/Automobile Business/Travel), Data Management & Planning Office, Product Development Management Office, Recruit Co., Ltd, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6640, Japan
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- SaaS Data Solution Unit, Data Management & Planning Office, Product Development Management Office, Recruit Co., Ltd, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6640, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Vande Velde F, Overgaard HJ, Bastien S. An integrated human behavioral model for mosquito-borne disease control: A scoping review of behavior change theories used to identify key behavioral determinants. Heliyon 2024; 10:e26488. [PMID: 38420413 PMCID: PMC10901007 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Mosquito-borne disease (MBD) control depends largely on a range of public health measures aimed at reducing the spread of infected mosquitoes and human-mosquito contact. These public health measures are generally driven by voluntary, though in few occasions obligatory (e.g., indoor residual spraying), self-protective behaviors by individuals and communities. To develop effective interventions that promote public health measures, the underlying mechanisms that contribute to self-protective behaviors should be well understood. The present scoping review aims to provide a timely overview of how behavior change theories have been applied in the context of MBD control. In addition, the review proposes an integrated model that includes identified key determinants in MBD control behavior, and identifies knowledge gaps to inform future research. A comprehensive search was performed in several databases: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase (Ovid), Web of Science Core Collection, CINAHL, ERIC, and Econ.Lit (EBSCO), as well as registered trials and reviews in CENTRAL and PROSPERO to identify ongoing or unpublished studies. References of included studies and literature reviews were screened, as well as citation tracking in Web of Science, Google Scholar and the malaria database of Behavior Change Impact. This scoping review identified a total of 28 studies. Most studies targeted personal-protective behavioral measures such as adopting, using, or maintaining insecticide-treated bed nets, and were most frequently informed by risk-related behavioral theories. Knowledge and perceived susceptibility of the risk, and related perceived efficacy were identified as key behavioral determinants in the conceptual, integrated human behavior model for MBD control. Numerous studies related to MBD control behavior, especially those focusing on knowledge-attitudes-practices (KAP), often lack a solid theoretical framework, which risks depicting an incomplete understanding of behaviors. In addition, by incorporating various behavioral disciplines into the domain of MBD control, a more comprehensive understanding of key behavioral determinants may be developed and applied in future research and MBD control efforts.
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- Fiona Vande Velde
- Department of Public Health Science, Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
- Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- Department of Public Health Science, Faculty of Landscape and Society, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- The Centre for Evidence-Based Public Health: A JBI Affiliated Group, Department of Public Health Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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Martin-Lapoirie D, McColl K, Gallopel-Morvan K, Arwidson P, Raude J. Health protective behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: Risk adaptation or habituation? Soc Sci Med 2024; 342:116531. [PMID: 38194726 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Many epidemiological works show that human behaviours play a fundamental role in the spread of infectious diseases. However, we still do not know much about how people modify their Health Protective Behaviours (HPB), such as hygiene or social distancing measures, over time in response to the health threat during an epidemic. In this study, we examined the role of the epidemiological context in engagement in HPB through two possible mechanisms highlighted by research into decision-making under risk: risk adaptation and risk habituation. These two different mechanisms were assumed to explain to a large extent the temporal variations in the public's responsiveness to the health threat during the COVID-19 pandemic. To test them, we used self-reported data collected through a series of 25 cross-sectional surveys conducted in France among representative samples of the adult population, from March 2020 to September 2021 (N = 50,019). Interestingly, we found that both mechanisms accounted relatively well for the temporal variation in the adoption of social distancing during the pandemic, which is remarkable given their different assumptions about the underlying social cognitive processes involved in response to a health threat. These results suggest that strengthening the incentives to encourage people to maintain health protective behaviours and to counter risk habituation effects is crucial to disease control and prevention over time.
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- Dylan Martin-Lapoirie
- Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, CNRS, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France.
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- EHESP, CNRS, Inserm, Arènes - UMR 6051, RSMS (Recherche sur les Services et Management en Santé) - U 1309, Université de Rennes, Rennes, France.
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- EHESP, CNRS, Inserm, Arènes - UMR 6051, RSMS (Recherche sur les Services et Management en Santé) - U 1309, Université de Rennes, Rennes, France.
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- Direction de la Prévention de la Santé, Santé Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France.
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- EHESP, CNRS, Inserm, Arènes - UMR 6051, RSMS (Recherche sur les Services et Management en Santé) - U 1309, Université de Rennes, Rennes, France.
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Burkel VK, Newton SM, Acosta J, Valencia D, Benavides M, Tong VT, Daza M, Sancken C, Gonzalez M, Polen K, Rodriguez H, Borbón M, Rao CY, Gilboa SM, Honein MA, Ospina ML, Johnson CY. Zika virus knowledge, attitudes and prevention behaviors among pregnant women in the ZEN cohort study, Colombia, 2017-2018. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2023; 117:496-504. [PMID: 36864562 PMCID: PMC10910550 DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trad005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy can cause severe birth defects in the fetus and is associated with neurodevelopmental abnormalities in childhood. Our objective was to describe ZIKV knowledge and attitudes among pregnant women in Colombia while ZIKV was circulating and whether they predicted the adoption of behaviors to prevent ZIKV mosquito-borne and sexual transmission. METHODS We used self-reported data from Zika en Embarazadas y Niños (ZEN), a cohort study of women in early pregnancy across three regions of Colombia during 2017-2018. We used Poisson regression to estimate associations between knowledge, attitudes and previous experience with mosquito-borne infection and preventative behaviors. RESULTS Among 1519 women, knowledge of mosquito-borne transmission was high (1480; 97.8%) and 1275 (85.5%) participants were worried about ZIKV infection during pregnancy. The most common preventive behavior was wearing long pants (1355; 89.4%). Regular mosquito repellent use was uncommon (257; 17.0%). While ZIKV knowledge and attitudes were not associated with the adoption of ZIKV prevention behaviors, previous mosquito-borne infection was associated with increased condom use (prevalence ratio 1.4, 95% CI 1.1 to 1.7). CONCLUSIONS Participants were well informed about ZIKV transmission and its health consequences. However, whether this knowledge resulted in behavior change is less certain.
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- Veronica K. Burkel
- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
- Eagle Global Services, LLC, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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Bashir S, Mir A, Altwaijri N, Uzair M, Khalil A, Albesher R, Khallaf R, Alshahrani S, Abualait T. Neuroeconomics of decision-making during COVID-19 pandemic. Heliyon 2023; 9:e13252. [PMID: 36744067 PMCID: PMC9882954 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reveals the decision-making challenges faced by communities, governments, and international organizations, globally. Policymakers are much concerned about protecting the population from the deadly virus while lacking reliable information on the virus and its spread mechanisms and the effectiveness of possible measures and their (direct and indirect) health and socioeconomic costs. This review aims to highlight the various balanced policy decision that would combine the best obtainable scientific evidence characteristically provided by expert opinions and modeling studies. This article's main goal is to summarize the main significant progress in the understanding of neuroeconomics of decision-making and discuss the anatomy of decision making in the light of COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Shahid Bashir
- Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia,Corresponding author
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- Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Mental Health, Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Mental Health, Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Research Operation and Administration, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Qin H, Vickery J, Brenkert-Smith H, Bekee B, Prasetyo Y. Do actions reduce perceived risk? A longitudinal analysis of the relationship between risk perception and actions in response to forest disturbance in Colorado. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2022; 43:1387-1399. [PMID: 36156806 DOI: 10.1111/risa.14023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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As residents living in hazard-prone areas face on-going environmental threats, the actions they take to mitigate such risks are likely motivated by various factors. Whereas risk perception has been considered a key determinant of related behavioral responses, little is known about how risk mitigation actions influence subsequent perceived risk. In other words, do actions to prevent or mitigate risk reduce risk perception? This longitudinal study considers the dynamic relationships between risk perception and risk-mitigating behavior in the context of forest disturbance in north-central Colorado. Based on panel survey data collected in 2007 and 2018, the results provide a first look at changes in perceived forest risks as they relate to individual and community actions in response to an extensive mountain pine beetle outbreak. Analysis revealed that the perception of direct forest risks (forest fire and falling trees) increased, whereas indirect forest risk perception (concern on broader threats to local community) decreased across the two study phases. Higher individual or community activeness (level of actions) was associated with subsequent reductions in perceived forest fire risk, smaller increases in direct risk perception, and larger decreases in indirect risk perception. These findings contribute insights into the complex risk reappraisal process in forest hazard contexts, with direct implications for risk communication and management strategies.
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- Hua Qin
- Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Research Center for Population, The National Research and Innovation Agency, Central Jakarta, Indonesia
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Sajjad M, Raza SH, Shah AA. Assessing Response Readiness to Health Emergencies: A Spatial Evaluation of Health and Socio-Economic Justice in Pakistan. SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH 2022:1-31. [PMID: 35497195 PMCID: PMC9036503 DOI: 10.1007/s11205-022-02922-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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COVID19 pandemic has put the global health emergency response to the test. Providing health and socio-economic justice across communities/regions helps in resilient response. In this study, a Geographic Information Systems-based framework is proposed and demonstrated in the context of public health-related hazards and pandemic response, such as in the face of COVID19. Indicators relevant to health system (HS) and socio-economic conditions (SC) are utilized to compute a response readiness index (RRI). The frequency histograms and the Analysis of Variance approaches are applied to analyze the distribution of response readiness. We further integrate spatial distributional models to explore the geographically-varying patterns of response readiness pinpointing the priority intervention areas in the context of cross-regional health and socio-economic justice. The framework's application is demonstrated using Pakistan's most developed and populous province, namely Punjab (districts scale, n = 36), as a case study. The results show that ~ 45% indicators achieve below-average scores (value < 0.61) including four from HS and five from SC. The findings ascertain maximum districts lack health facilities, hospital beds, and health insurance from HS and more than 50% lack communication means and literacy-rates, which are essential in times of emergencies. Our cross-regional assessment shows a north-south spatial heterogeneity with southern Punjab being the most vulnerable to COVID-like situations. Dera Ghazi Khan and Muzaffargarh are identified as the statistically significant hotspots of response incompetency (95% confidence), which is critical. This study has policy implications in the context of decision-making, resource allocation, and strategy formulation on health emergency response (i.e., COVID19) to improve community health resilience.
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- Muhammad Sajjad
- Centre for Geo-computation Studies and Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Office AAB-1222, Academic and Administration Building, 15 Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Tsai, Hong Kong, SAR
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- School of Economics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
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Zhang W, Zou C, Sznajder KK, Cui C, Fu J, He S, Peng Q, Chen Q, Yang X. Panic, Psycho-Behavioral Responses, and Risk Perception in the Earliest Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic in China. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:766842. [PMID: 35280909 PMCID: PMC8914041 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.766842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19), a rising global pandemic, has triggered psychological crises among the public. Panic, a severe symptom of mental disorders, is increasing in the public in China and it is urgent to provide research for intervention development. Objectives This study aimed to assess the prevalence of public panic in China during the earliest stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore the associated psychological behavioral responses and public's risk perception of the pandemic. Methods A cross-sectional study using a web-based survey with convenience sampling was conducted with 2,484 participants nationally from February 11 to February 24, 2020 in China. A self-developed questionnaire was applied to assess the prevalence of public panic and its associated factors. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was applied to assess the risk and protective factors of public panic. Results There were 23.39% (581/2,484) of the participants who reported experiencing panic during the earliest stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking temperature repeatedly, being nervous in a crowd, being suspicious of infection in the family, being worried about the future, and worries about high infectivity of the COVID-19, lack of effective therapies, and wide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic increased the odds of public panic. Whereas, avoiding gatherings during holidays was negatively associated with the odds of public panic. Conclusions Psycho-behavioral responses were closely associated with public panic during the earliest stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Defusing excessive health-related worries, the guidance of appropriate self-protective behaviors, strengthening of health education in communities, and available treatment for mental disorders should be adopted to monitor the psychological responses and to guide the behaviors of the public.
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- Weiyu Zhang
- Department of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Public Health, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Social Medicine, College of Health Management, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaoshi Yang
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McColl K, Debin M, Souty C, Guerrisi C, Turbelin C, Falchi A, Bonmarin I, Paolotti D, Obi C, Duggan J, Moreno Y, Wisniak A, Flahault A, Blanchon T, Colizza V, Raude J. Are People Optimistically Biased about the Risk of COVID-19 Infection? Lessons from the First Wave of the Pandemic in Europe. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 19:436. [PMID: 35010707 PMCID: PMC8744599 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Unrealistic optimism, the underestimation of one's risk of experiencing harm, has been investigated extensively to understand better and predict behavioural responses to health threats. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a relative dearth of research existed in this domain regarding epidemics, which is surprising considering that this optimistic bias has been associated with a lack of engagement in protective behaviours critical in fighting twenty-first-century, emergent, infectious diseases. The current study addresses this gap in the literature by investigating whether people demonstrated optimism bias during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, how this changed over time, and whether unrealistic optimism was negatively associated with protective measures. Taking advantage of a pre-existing international participative influenza surveillance network (n = 12,378), absolute and comparative unrealistic optimism were measured at three epidemic stages (pre-, early, peak), and across four countries-France, Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Despite differences in culture and health response, similar patterns were observed across all four countries. The prevalence of unrealistic optimism appears to be influenced by the particular epidemic context. Paradoxically, whereas absolute unrealistic optimism decreased over time, comparative unrealistic optimism increased, suggesting that whilst people became increasingly accurate in assessing their personal risk, they nonetheless overestimated that for others. Comparative unrealistic optimism was negatively associated with the adoption of protective behaviours, which is worrying, given that these preventive measures are critical in tackling the spread and health burden of COVID-19. It is hoped these findings will inspire further research into sociocognitive mechanisms involved in risk appraisal.
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- Kathleen McColl
- Unite des Virus Emergents, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 190, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) 1207, Health, Aix-Marseille University, 13009 Marseille, France;
- École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (EHESP) French School of Public Health, 35043 Rennes, France
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- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), Sorbonne Université, F-75012 Paris, France; (M.D.); (C.S.); (C.G.); (C.T.); (T.B.); (V.C.)
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- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), Sorbonne Université, F-75012 Paris, France; (M.D.); (C.S.); (C.G.); (C.T.); (T.B.); (V.C.)
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- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), Sorbonne Université, F-75012 Paris, France; (M.D.); (C.S.); (C.G.); (C.T.); (T.B.); (V.C.)
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- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), Sorbonne Université, F-75012 Paris, France; (M.D.); (C.S.); (C.G.); (C.T.); (T.B.); (V.C.)
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, Unité de Recherche 7310, Université de Corse, 20250 Corte, France;
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- Istituto per l’Interscambio Scientifico, ISI Foundation, 10126 Turin, Italy;
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- School of Computer Science, National University of Ireland, H91 TK33 Galway, Ireland;
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics and Complex Systems, University of Zaragoza, 50001 Zaragoza, Spain;
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.W.); (A.F.)
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.W.); (A.F.)
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- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), Sorbonne Université, F-75012 Paris, France; (M.D.); (C.S.); (C.G.); (C.T.); (T.B.); (V.C.)
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- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Pierre Louis d’Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IPLESP), Sorbonne Université, F-75012 Paris, France; (M.D.); (C.S.); (C.G.); (C.T.); (T.B.); (V.C.)
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- Unite des Virus Emergents, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 190, Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) 1207, Health, Aix-Marseille University, 13009 Marseille, France;
- École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (EHESP) French School of Public Health, 35043 Rennes, France
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Wright L, Fancourt D. Do predictors of adherence to pandemic guidelines change over time? A panel study of 22,000 UK adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prev Med 2021; 153:106713. [PMID: 34242662 PMCID: PMC8259055 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the absence of a vaccine, governments have focused on behaviour change (e.g. social distancing and enhanced hygiene procedures) to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing research on the predictors of compliance with pandemic measures has often produced discrepant results. One explanation for this may be that the determinants of compliance are context specific. Understanding whether this is the case is important for designing public health messaging and for evaluating the generalisability of existing research. We used data from the UCL COVID-19 Social Study; a large weekly panel of UK adults from first five months of lockdown in the UK (n = 22,625). We tested whether the extent to which demographic, socio-economic position, personality traits, social and pro-social motivations, and the living environment predict compliance changed across the pandemic using multilevel regression modelling. Low compliance was strongly related to younger age and also to risk attitudes, empathic concern, and high income, among other factors. The size of some of these associations was larger in later months when less stringent lockdown and household mixing measures were in place. The results showed that compliance was lower and fell faster across some groups, suggesting the importance that public health communications adopt a plurality of messages to maximize broad adherence.
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- Liam Wright
- Institute of Education, University College London, WC1H 0NU, UK.
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- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, WC1E 7HB, UK
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Garcia-Figuera S, Deniston-Sheets H, Grafton-Cardwell E, Babcock B, Lubell M, McRoberts N. Perceived Vulnerability and Propensity to Adopt Best Management Practices for Huanglongbing Disease of Citrus in California. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:1758-1773. [PMID: 33599529 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-20-0544-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Huanglongbing (HLB) disease of citrus, which is associated with the bacterium 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus', has been confined to residential properties in Southern California 8 years after it was first detected in the state. To prevent the spread of HLB to commercial citrus groves, growers have been asked to adopt a portfolio of voluntary best management practices. This study evaluates the citrus industry's propensity to adopt these practices using surveys and a novel multivariate ordinal regression model. We estimate the impact on adoption of perceived vulnerability to HLB, intentions to stay informed and communicate about the disease and various socio-economic factors, and reveal what practices are most likely to be jointly adopted as an integrated approach to HLB. Survey participants were in favor of scouting and surveying for HLB symptoms, but they were reluctant to test trees, use early detection technologies (EDTs), and install barriers around citrus groves. Most practices were perceived as complementary, particularly visual inspections and some combinations of preventive practices with tests and EDTs. Participants who felt more vulnerable to HLB had a higher propensity to adopt several practices, as did those who intended to stay informed and communicate with the coordinators of the HLB control program, although this effect was modulated by the perceived vulnerability to HLB. Communication with neighbors and the size of citrus operations also influenced practice adoption. Based on these results, we provide recommendations for outreach about HLB management in California and suggest future directions for research about the adoption of plant disease management practices.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Sara Garcia-Figuera
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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- Data Analysis and Tactical Operations Center, Citrus Research Board, Visalia, CA 93291
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- School of Public Policy, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92507
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616
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Sun Y, Hu Q, Grossman S, Basnyat I, Wang P. Comparison of COVID-19 Information Seeking, Trust of Information Sources, and Protective Behaviors in China and the US. JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2021; 26:657-666. [PMID: 34702136 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2021.1987590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Due to the increasing amount of new information that is emerging about COVID-19, traditional and web-based information sources are commonly used to spread and seek information. This study compared differences in information seeking, trust of information sources, and use of protective behaviors (e.g., mask wearing) among individuals in the US and China during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 722 valid responses in the US and 493 valid responses in China were collected via online surveys in May 2020. Pearson's Chi-square tests, independent samples t-tests, and multiple linear regressions were used to conduct the analyses. Results showed that US respondents accessed significantly fewer COVID-19 information sources, rated significantly lower levels of trust in these sources, and reported significantly lower levels of protective behaviors than the Chinese respondents. In both countries, trust in newspapers, radio/community broadcasting, and news portals were significantly positively correlated with protective behaviors. While trust of TV was significant in both populations, in China it was positively correlated, whereas in the US was negatively correlated, with protective behaviors. Findings from this study showed that coordinated and consistent messages from governmental officials, health authorities, and media platforms are important to promote and encourage protective behaviors.
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- Yingying Sun
- School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, P.R. China
- Research Center for Social Development and Social Risk Control, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- College of Health and Behavioral Studies, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
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- Global Affairs & Department of Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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- College of Business, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
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Qin H, Sanders C, Prasetyo Y, Syukron M, Prentice E. Exploring the dynamic relationships between risk perception and behavior in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Soc Sci Med 2021; 285:114267. [PMID: 34388619 PMCID: PMC8305223 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The relationships between risk perception and related behavior form a fundamental theme in risk analysis. Despite increasing attentions on the temporal dimension of risk perception and behavior in recent literature, the dynamic relationships between these two constructs remain understudied. Infectious disease outbreaks, such as the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, provide a key setting for analyzing evolving perceptions of and responses to natural or human-induced hazards. The main objectives of this research are: (1) to assess temporal changes in cognitive and affective dimensions of perceived COVID-19 risk as well as related protective behavior; and (2) to explore the dynamic relationships between COVID-19 risk perception and behavioral responses. Timely data on changing risk perception and behavior related to the COVID-19 outbreak were collected through two series of online surveys from four major cities (Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City; N = 736) and the central Midwest region of the United States (N = 1240) respectively during March–August 2020. The analysis revealed that: (1) the cognitive and affective dimensions of perceived COVID-19 risk and preventive behavior all changed over time; (2) there were both within- and across-time correlations between COVID-19 risk perception indicators and preventive actions; and (3) preventive actions showed varied feedback effects on individual aspects of perceived COVID-19 risk over time. Findings from this research support and expand major conceptual approaches to changing relationships between risk perception and behavior, particularly the risk reappraisal hypothesis. The study also has useful implications for health risk management and future research directions.
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- Hua Qin
- University of Missouri-Columbia, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Columbia, MO, USA.
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- University of Missouri-Columbia, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Columbia, MO, USA
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- University of Missouri-Columbia, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Columbia, MO, USA
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- University of Missouri-Columbia, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services, Columbia, MO, USA
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A review and agenda for integrated disease models including social and behavioural factors. Nat Hum Behav 2021; 5:834-846. [PMID: 34183799 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-021-01136-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Social and behavioural factors are critical to the emergence, spread and containment of human disease, and are key determinants of the course, duration and outcomes of disease outbreaks. Recent epidemics of Ebola in West Africa and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) globally have reinforced the importance of developing infectious disease models that better integrate social and behavioural dynamics and theories. Meanwhile, the growth in capacity, coordination and prioritization of social science research and of risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) practice within the current pandemic response provides an opportunity for collaboration among epidemiological modellers, social scientists and RCCE practitioners towards a mutually beneficial research and practice agenda. Here, we provide a review of the current modelling methodologies and describe the challenges and opportunities for integrating them with social science research and RCCE practice. Finally, we set out an agenda for advancing transdisciplinary collaboration for integrated disease modelling and for more robust policy and practice for reducing disease transmission.
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Effective crisis management requires close monitoring of public reactions. The case of international travelers from South-Eastern France. Travel Med Infect Dis 2021; 43:102123. [PMID: 34166801 PMCID: PMC8221992 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Bonifay T, Godaert L, Epelboin Y, Rousset D, Douine M, Hilderal H, Clavel C, Abel S, Najioullah F, Fagour L, do Socorro Mendonça Gomes M, Lacerda M, Cézaire R, Elenga N, Dramé M, Hoen B, Cabié A, Djossou F, Epelboin L. Contribution of Research in the West Indies and Northeast Amazonia to Knowledge of the 2014-2015 Chikungunya Epidemic in the Americas. CURRENT TROPICAL MEDICINE REPORTS 2021; 8:164-172. [PMID: 34178576 PMCID: PMC8214063 DOI: 10.1007/s40475-021-00242-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Purpose of Review Although the chikungunya virus was discovered more than 60 years ago, it has only really been studied since the outbreak in La Reunion in 2005-2006. Ten years later, between 2014 and 2015, the chikungunya virus spread throughout the Americas, affecting millions of people. The objective of this review is to describe the contributions of research on chikungunya virus infection gained from epidemic in the West Indies and the Guiana Shield. Recent Findings Prevalence data were similar to those found in the Indian Ocean or Asia during epidemics. Clinically, there is now a better understanding of the typical, atypical, and severe forms. Several studies have insisted on the presence of neurological forms of chikungunya infection, such as encephalitis or Guillain-Barré syndrome. Cases of septic shock due to chikungunya virus as well as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura were described for the first time. Given the magnitude of the epidemic and the large number of people affected, this has led to a better description and new classifications of chikungunya virus infections in specific populations such as pregnant women, the elderly, and children. Several studies also described the behavior of populations faced with an emerging disease. Summary Current epidemiological data from tropical regions highlights the risk of spreading emerging diseases at higher latitudes, especially concerning arboviruses, since the vector Aedes albopictus is already established in many parts of northern countries. A better understanding of the disease and its epidemic dynamics will foster better management, the crucial importance of which was demonstrated during the COVID-19 epidemic.
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- Timothee Bonifay
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Short-stay Unit, Department of Geriatrics, General Hospital of Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France
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- Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, French Guiana, Cayenne, France
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- Virology Laboratory, National Reference Center of Arboviruses, Pastor Institute of Guyana, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Centre Hospitalier Louis Constant Fleming, Saint-Martin, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique France
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- Virology Laboratory, University Hospital of Martinique, Fort de France, France
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Viera Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas Brazil
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique France
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- Service de Médecine et Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Department of Clinical Research and Innovation, University Hospital of Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique France
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Dermatologie, Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes, Pointe-à-Pitre, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique France
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- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, French Guiana
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Fullerton MK, Rabb N, Mamidipaka S, Ungar L, Sloman SA. Evidence against risk as a motivating driver of COVID-19 preventive behaviors in the United States. J Health Psychol 2021; 27:2129-2146. [PMID: 34144644 DOI: 10.1177/13591053211024726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Does an individual's risk profile predict their social distancing and mask wearing in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic? Common sense and some health behavior theories suggest that as a perceived threat increases, an individual should be more likely to take preventive measures. We explore this hypothesis using survey responses collected from 1114 U.S. adults during April and October 2020, and find that neither perceived nor actual risk predicted these preventive behaviors. Instead, being an essential worker, partisanship, and believing compliance was important were more reliable predictors. These results provide guidance for better pandemic response policies and challenge models of health behavior.
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Ahmad M, Akhtar N, Jabeen G, Irfan M, Khalid Anser M, Wu H, Işık C. Intention-Based Critical Factors Affecting Willingness to Adopt Novel Coronavirus Prevention in Pakistan: Implications for Future Pandemics. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:6167. [PMID: 34200335 PMCID: PMC8200947 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Since human beings have a long tradition of coexistence with pandemics, which may profoundly impact them, adopting preventive measures is crucial for humankind's survival. This study explores the intention-based critical factors affecting the willingness of individuals to adopt pandemic prevention. To this end, a representative sample of 931 Pakistanis filled in an online questionnaire. However, only 828 questionnaires were found to be complete and valid for path modeling analysis. The core findings are as follows: Firstly, peer groups' beliefs, self-efficacy, perceived risk, pandemic knowledge, ease of pandemic prevention adoption, and risk-averse behavior are revealed as driving forces of the individuals' willingness to adopt pandemic prevention. Contrastingly, a lack of trust in political will and mythical attitude towards pandemics are uncovered as inhibitors. Nevertheless, moral values depict a neutral role. Secondly, the peer groups' beliefs are highest ranked, followed by the lack of trust in political will and a mythical attitude towards pandemic prevention. Finally, moral values are determined as the lowest-ranked critical factor. Based on these results, the government should promote awareness campaigns on lethality and fatality of the pandemic at both centralized and decentralized levels to win people's trust at the grass-roots level and overcome the mythical attitude of individuals at all societal levels. Besides, access to personal protective gears should be made feasible since an easier pandemic prevention adoption would increase the individuals' willingness to adopt such preventative measures.
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- Munir Ahmad
- School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
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- School of Urban Culture, Nanhai Campus, South China Normal University, Foshan 528225, China
- Pakistan Center, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750001, China
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- Research Institute of Business Analytics and Supply Chain Management, College of Management, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China;
- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; (M.I.); (H.W.)
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Public Administration, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710000, China;
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; (M.I.); (H.W.)
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Faculty of Tourism, Anadolu University, 26470 Tepebaşı-Eskişehir, Turkey;
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Mental Well-Being of Chinese Immigrants in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Investigating Personal and Societal Antecedents. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13084198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted people’s lives worldwide, with negative consequences for mental health and well-being. Antecedents of mental health and well-being in times of COVID-19 have been underresearched, especially among minority groups. Therefore, an online survey was conducted investigating the personal and societal antecedents of mental well-being among Chinese immigrants in the Netherlands (N = 268). Constructs included perceived decrease of mental well-being and attitude toward the Netherlands as dependent variables and a range of potential antecedents as independent variables. Results show that participants judged the Chinese COVID-19 situation significantly more positively than the Dutch situation. Five antecedents of decreased mental well-being were found: financial concerns, social isolation, feelings of lost time, experienced racism, and distrust of Dutch COVID-19 information and figures. The antecedents of participants’ attitude toward the Netherlands were largely different: missing China, perceived difficulty of traveling to China, distrust of Dutch government measures, trust in Chinese government measures, and distrust of Dutch COVID-19 information and figures. Fear of the virus itself did not significantly affect either of the dependent variables. The results call for a broad perspective on factors associated with mental well-being and for special attention for minority groups in the societal dynamics.
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Raude J, Lecrique JM, Lasbeur L, Leon C, Guignard R, du Roscoät E, Arwidson P. Determinants of Preventive Behaviors in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in France: Comparing the Sociocultural, Psychosocial, and Social Cognitive Explanations. Front Psychol 2020; 11:584500. [PMID: 33329241 PMCID: PMC7734102 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.584500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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In absence of effective pharmaceutical treatments, the individual's compliance with a series of behavioral recommendations provided by the public health authorities play a critical role in the control and prevention of SARS-CoV2 infection. However, we still do not know much about the rate and determinants of adoption of the recommended health behaviors. This paper examines the compliance with the main behavioral recommendations, and compares sociocultural, psychosocial, and social cognitive explanations for its variation in the French population. Based on the current literature, these 3 categories of factors were identified as potential determinants of individual differences in the health preventive behaviors. The data used for these analyses are drawn from 2 cross-sectional studies (N = 2,000 in survey 1 and 2,003 in survey 2) conducted after the lockdown and before the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in France. The participants were drawn from a larger internet consumer panel where recruitment was stratified to generate a socio-demographically representative sample of the French adult population. Overall, the results show a very high rate of compliance with the behavioral recommendations among the participants. A hierarchical regression analysis was then performed to assess the potential explanatory power of these approaches in complying with these recommendations by successively entering sociocultural factors, psychosocial factors, social cognitive factors in the model. Only the inclusion of the cognitive variables substantially increased the explained variance of the self-reported adoption of preventive behaviors (R 2 change = 23% in survey 1 and 2), providing better support for the social cognitive than the sociocultural and psychosocial explanations.
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- Jocelyn Raude
- EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, France
- Unite des Virus Emergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ – IRD 190 – Inserm 1207 – IHU Mediterranee Infection), Marseille, France
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- Santé publique France, Saint Maurice, France
- Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale (LAPPS), EA 4386, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Défense, Nanterre, France
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Ahmad M, Iram K, Jabeen G. Perception-based influence factors of intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention in China. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 190:109995. [PMID: 32739626 PMCID: PMC7384406 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The researches investigating the influence factors of epidemic prevention are not only scarce, but also provide a gap in the domain of perception-based influence factors of intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention. OBJECTIVE This work has attempted to examine the perception-based influence factors of individuals' intention to adopt COVID-19 epidemic prevention in a modified behavioral framework. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK A behavioral framework composed of the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behavior is developed to incorporate some additional perception-based influence factors. METHODS A partial least square-based path analysis has been employed to estimate the path coefficients of those factors in terms of drivers, barriers, and neutral factors based on questionnaire data of 302 respondents from six universities and two hospitals in China. RESULTS Among the perception-based influence factors, governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention is found to be the most important and influential factor, which was followed by risk perception. Finally, attitude towards epidemic prevention exhibited the least degree of impact on individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention. Moral norms did not show any contribution to individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention. CONCLUSION Concerning importance ranking, the governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention, risk perception, and epidemic knowledge are revealed as the top three drivers of individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention, while the perceived feasibility to adopt epidemic prevention is found to be a barrier. Moreover, moral norms is identified to have an insignificant influence on individuals' intention to adopt epidemic prevention. Given the empirical results, dissemination of Governments' guidelines on epidemic prevention, proper risk perception, and knowledge about epidemic would help prevent the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak within China and worldwide.
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- Munir Ahmad
- School of Economics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- The Aga Khan University, National Stadium Rd, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Karachi City, 74000, Sindh, Pakistan
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- School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China.
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Pedersen MJ, Favero N. Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Who Are the Present and Future Noncompliers? PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW 2020; 80:805-814. [PMID: 32836442 PMCID: PMC7280647 DOI: 10.1111/puar.13240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Social distancing is an effective means of containing the spread of COVID-19, but only if we all participate. Who are the individuals who are least likely to adhere to social distancing recommendations, presently and in the long term? Such knowledge is important for policy makers looking to sustain the public's buy-in to social distancing. Using survey data from a sample of U.S. residents (n = 1,449), the authors show that some demographic factors (gender, age, race, political party) help predict intent to adhere to social distancing. Yet demographic factors are relatively poor predictors compared with individual attitudes and media diets. Public officials should make efforts to inform and persuade the public of the importance of social distancing, targeting media such as television and radio, where audiences are less likely to currently engage in social distancing or are less likely to envision themselves sustaining strict social distancing for several weeks or months.
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Shao W, Hao F. Confidence in political leaders can slant risk perceptions of COVID-19 in a highly polarized environment. Soc Sci Med 2020; 261:113235. [PMID: 32730961 PMCID: PMC7377700 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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•Conservatives show lower risk perceptions of COVID-19 than liberals and moderates. •Confidence in political leaders can reduce risk perceptions of COVID-19. •It also can mediate the effects of political ideology on risk perceptions. •Attention to news about the outbreak of COVID-19 is positively correlated with risk perceptions. •Perceived quality of media coverage can lead to heightened risk perceptions of COVID-19.
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- Wanyun Shao
- Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
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- Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
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Connors MH, Halligan PW. Delusions and theories of belief. Conscious Cogn 2020; 81:102935. [DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Gaillard B, Simard F, Dormont L, Jay-Robert P, D'Abadie de Lurbe D, Etienne M, Baudin A, Raude J. Is Perceived Exposure to Mosquitoes Associated with Actual Exposure? Results from Studies in High-Risk and Low-Risk Geographic Areas. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020; 101:976-979. [PMID: 31549615 PMCID: PMC6838563 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Perceived exposure to mosquitoes plays a fundamental role in the adoption of a range of protective behaviors aiming to prevent and control mosquito-borne disease. However, it is largely unknown in the present literature to what extent perceived exposure is associated with actual exposure. Moreover, the perception of nuisance may depend on the natural environment in which human populations are living, and especially its epidemiological context. In this study, the hypothesis that perceived exposure is driven by mosquito abundance was tested in two different geographic areas. We compared a range of perceived nuisance measures—collected through questionnaires—with egg number measured within ovitraps located in the south of France, which has been recently colonized by an arbovirus vector, and La Martinique island, a tropical French territory, which has a long history of outbreaks of mosquito-borne pathogens. Unexpectedly, only the nuisance due to mosquito noise was correlated with ovitrap activity in southern France. All other perceived exposure measures, both in the south of France and in Martinique, were not correlated with egg number surrounding households investigated. These results suggest the existence of habituation effects that may disturb the engagement in adaptive behaviors in the face of change in the entomological conditions.
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- Béatrice Gaillard
- MIVEGEC/IRD/CNRS/Montpellier University, Montpellier, France.,CEFE/Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3/CNRS/Univ Montpellier/EPHE/IRD/Montpellier, France
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- MIVEGEC/IRD/CNRS/Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
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- CEFE/Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3/CNRS/Univ Montpellier/EPHE/IRD/Montpellier, France
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- CEFE/Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3/CNRS/Univ Montpellier/EPHE/IRD/Montpellier, France
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- UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207-IHU Méditerrannée Infection, Marseille, France
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Tizzoni M, Panisson A, Paolotti D, Cattuto C. The impact of news exposure on collective attention in the United States during the 2016 Zika epidemic. PLoS Comput Biol 2020; 16:e1007633. [PMID: 32163409 PMCID: PMC7067377 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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In recent years, many studies have drawn attention to the important role of collective awareness and human behaviour during epidemic outbreaks. A number of modelling efforts have investigated the interaction between the disease transmission dynamics and human behaviour change mediated by news coverage and by information spreading in the population. Yet, given the scarcity of data on public awareness during an epidemic, few studies have relied on empirical data. Here, we use fine-grained, geo-referenced data from three online sources—Wikipedia, the GDELT Project and the Internet Archive—to quantify population-scale information seeking about the 2016 Zika virus epidemic in the U.S., explicitly linking such behavioural signal to epidemiological data. Geo-localized Wikipedia pageview data reveal that visiting patterns of Zika-related pages in Wikipedia were highly synchronized across the United States and largely explained by exposure to national television broadcast. Contrary to the assumption of some theoretical epidemic models, news volume and Wikipedia visiting patterns were not significantly correlated with the magnitude or the extent of the epidemic. Attention to Zika, in terms of Zika-related Wikipedia pageviews, was high at the beginning of the outbreak, when public health agencies raised an international alert and triggered media coverage, but subsequently exhibited an activity profile that suggests nonlinear dependencies and memory effects in the relation between information seeking, media pressure, and disease dynamics. This calls for a new and more general modelling framework to describe the interaction between media exposure, public awareness and disease dynamics during epidemic outbreaks. Despite its importance for public health policy-makers, understanding the impact of media coverage on collective attention during disease outbreaks remains an elusive research task, due to the lack of available data, especially at high spatial granularity. In this paper, we study the dynamics of collective attention received by the 2016 Zika epidemic in the USA and its interplay with the media coverage of the outbreak, at level of US states and cities. We measure the attention to Zika through geo-localized Wikipedia page view data, and we compare it with mentions of Zika in US news outlets and TV shows. We also compare the collective attention received by the outbreak with the incidence of Zika reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in each state. We find that the attention dynamics was highly synchronized across states, irrespective of the local risk of transmission of the virus. By building a linear regression model, we show that the dynamics of collective attention is highly predictable, even at state level, only based on the national media coverage received by the outbreak.
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Carey JM, Chi V, Flynn DJ, Nyhan B, Zeitzoff T. The effects of corrective information about disease epidemics and outbreaks: Evidence from Zika and yellow fever in Brazil. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaaw7449. [PMID: 32064329 PMCID: PMC6989147 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Disease epidemics and outbreaks often generate conspiracy theories and misperceptions that mislead people about the risks they face and how best to protect themselves. We investigate the effectiveness of interventions aimed at combating false and unsupported information about the Zika epidemic and subsequent yellow fever outbreak in Brazil. Results from a nationally representative survey show that conspiracy theories and other misperceptions about Zika are widely believed. Moreover, results from three preregistered survey experiments suggest that efforts to counter misperceptions about diseases during epidemics and outbreaks may not always be effective. We find that corrective information not only fails to reduce targeted Zika misperceptions but also reduces the accuracy of other beliefs about the disease. In addition, although corrective information about the better-known threat from yellow fever was more effective, none of these corrections affected support for vector control policies or intentions to engage in preventive behavior.
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- John M. Carey
- Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- School of International Relations, IE University, Segovia, Spain
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- Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
- Corresponding author.
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- School of Public Affairs, American University, Washington, DC, USA
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