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Berg-Beckhoff G, Bask M, Jervelund SS, Guldager JD, Quickfall A, Rabiee Khan F, Oddsson G, van der Wel KA, Sarasjärvi KK, Olafsdottir S, Buffel V, Skalická V, Van de Velde S. Political stringency, infection rates, and higher education students' adherence to government measures in the Nordic countries and the UK during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. Prev Med 2022; 164:107245. [PMID: 36075491 PMCID: PMC9444587 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
Abstract
Understanding predictors of adherence to governmental measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 is fundamental to guide health communication. This study examined whether political stringency and infection rates during the first wave of the pandemic were associated with higher education students' adherence to COVID-19 government measures in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, and Sweden) and the United Kingdom. Both individual- and country-level data were used in present study. An international cross-sectional subsample (n = 10,345) of higher-education students was conducted in May-June 2020 to collect individual-level information on socio-demographics, study information, living arrangements, health behaviors, stress, and COVID-19-related concerns, including adherence to government measures. Country-level data on political stringency from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker and national infection rates were added to individual-level data. Multiple linear regression analyses stratified by country were conducted. Around 66% of students reported adhering to government measures, with the highest adherence in the UK (73%) followed by Iceland (72%), Denmark (69%), Norway (67%), Finland (64%) and Sweden (49%). Main predictors for higher adherence were older age, being female and being worried about getting infected with COVID-19 (individual-level), an increase in number of days since lockdown, political stringency, and information about COVID-19 mortality rates (country-level). However, incidence rate was an inconsistent predictor, which may be explained by imperfect data quality during the onset of the pandemic. We conclude that shorter lockdown periods and political stringency are associated with adherence to government measures among higher education students at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- G Berg-Beckhoff
- Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark; University hospital of the University of Southern Denmark, Hospital South West Jutland, Denmark.
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- Uppsala University, Department of Sociology, Box 624, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden
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- University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Section for Health Services Research, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark; Department of Physiotherapy, University College South Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Primary and Early Years Initial Teacher Education, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, Education & life sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, Borgir v/Norðurslóð, Akureyri 600, Iceland
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- Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- University of Helsinki, Doctoral Programme in Population Health, P.O. Box 4, Yliopistonkatu 3, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Sociology, University of Iceland, Oddi v/Sturlugötu, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Centre for Population, Family, and Health, Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre for Population, Family, and Health, Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Stock C, Guldager JD, Dietrich T, Majgaard G. Virtual Reality in der Alkoholprävention: Co-Creation eines Simulationsspiels mit jungen Menschen. Das Gesundheitswesen 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- C Stock
- Institute of Health and Nursing Science, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health
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- Unit for Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark
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- Social Marketing @ Griffith, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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- The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark
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Guldager JD, Andersen PT, von Seelen J, Leppin A. Physical activity school intervention: context matters. Health Educ Res 2018; 33:232-242. [PMID: 29741620 DOI: 10.1093/her/cyy012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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School-based interventions for increasing physical activity among children are widespread, however there is still a lack of knowledge about how school context factors are linked to implementation quality and effectiveness of programmes. The aim of this paper is to examine teacher-perceived effectiveness of a Danish national classroom-based health programme 'Active Around Denmark' and in particular, to investigate whether perceptions vary as a function of school social context factors. After completion of the programme all teachers (N = 5.892) received an electronic questionnaire. 2.097 completed the questionnaire (response rate 36%) and 1.781 datasets could be used for analysis. The teachers were asked about their perceptions of changes in children's attitudes towards and levels of physical activity after the competition. Our results indicated that certain contextual factors, such as schools' prioritization of health promotion, teachers' support by their school principal in implementation as well as teacher's satisfaction with the school' physical environment made a significant difference in teacher-perceived effectiveness. To conclude, teacher-perceived effectiveness of the health programme does vary as a function of school social context factors.
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- J D Guldager
- Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Department for Research and Development-Research Program for Health Promotion and Learning, University College of Southern Denmark, Lembckesvej 3-7, 6100 Haderslev, Denmark
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- Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
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Andersen PT, von Seelen J, Leppin A, Guldager JD. Do teachers’ perceptions of effectiveness of a Danish physical activity programme depend on context? Eur J Public Health 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx189.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- PT Andersen
- University of Southern Denmark, Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- University College of Southern Denmark, Department for Research and Development - Research Program, Haderslev, Denmark
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- University of Southern Denmark, Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- University of Southern Denmark, Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, Esbjerg, Denmark
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