The COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare systems in Africa: a sco** review of preparedness, impact and response

GA Tessema, Y Kinfu, BA Dachew, AG Tesema… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems in both developed
and develo** nations alike. Africa has one of the weakest health systems globally, but …

Beach tourism in times of COVID-19 pandemic: critical issues, knowledge gaps and research opportunities

S Zielinski, CM Botero - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The strict quarantine measures employed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic have
led the global tourism industry to a complete halt, disrupting the livelihoods of millions. The …

Virtual tours a means to an end: An analysis of virtual tours' role in tourism recovery post COVID-19

O El-Said, H Aziz - Journal of Travel Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
COVID-19 brought the global tourism industry to a standstill. In response, various tourism
stakeholders adopted innovative approaches such as virtual tours (VTs) to keep their …

Age differences in COVID-19 risk perceptions and mental health: Evidence from a national US survey conducted in March 2020

W Bruine de Bruin - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Theories of aging posit that older adult age is associated with less negative
emotions, but few studies have examined age differences at times of novel challenges. As …

Political polarization in US residents' COVID-19 risk perceptions, policy preferences, and protective behaviors

W Bruine de Bruin, HW Saw, DP Goldman - Journal of risk and uncertainty, 2020 - Springer
When the novel coronavirus entered the US, most US states implemented lockdown
measures. In April–May 2020, state governments started political discussions about whether …

COVID-19 risk perception: a longitudinal analysis of its predictors and associations with health protective behaviours in the United Kingdom

CR Schneider, S Dryhurst, J Kerr… - Journal of Risk …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we present results from five cross-sectional surveys on public risk perception of
COVID-19 and its association with health protective behaviours in the UK over a 10-month …

Differences in risk perception, knowledge and protective behaviour regarding COVID-19 by education level among women and men in Germany. Results from the …

P Rattay, N Michalski, OM Domanska, A Kaltwasser… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The main strategy for combatting SARS-CoV-2 infections in 2020 consisted of behavioural
regulations including contact reduction, maintaining distance, hand hygiene, and mask …

Public perspectives on protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy: A survey study

K Meier, T Glatz, MC Guijt, M Piccininni… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background The extent to which people implement government-issued protective measures
is critical in preventing further spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by …

[HTML][HTML] Risk perceptions and COVID-19 protective behaviors: A two-wave longitudinal study of epidemic and post-epidemic periods

L Savadori, M Lauriola - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated how perceived risk and protective behaviors changed as the coronavirus
epidemic progressed. A longitudinal sample of 538 people responded to a COVID-19 risk …

Explaining the rise and fall of psychological distress during the COVID‐19 crisis in the United States: Longitudinal evidence from the Understanding America Study

E Robinson, M Daly - British journal of health psychology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives It has been shown that psychological distress rose rapidly as the COVID‐19
pandemic emerged and then recovered to pre‐crisis levels as social lockdown restrictions …