Health authorities' health risk communication with the public during pandemics: a rapid sco** review

SH Berg, JK O'hara, MT Shortt, H Thune, KK Brønnick… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Responses from the H1N1 swine flu pandemic and the recent COVID-19
coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for insight into the role of health authorities' …

Early perceptions and behavioural responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey of UK adults

C Atchison, LR Bowman, C Vrinten, R Redd… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To examine risk perceptions and behavioural responses of the UK adult
population during the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK. Design A cross …

[HTML][HTML] Citizens' adherence to COVID-19 mitigation recommendations by the government: a 3-country comparative evaluation using web-based cross-sectional …

A Al-Hasan, D Yim, J Khuntia - Journal of medical Internet research, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Social distancing is an effective preventative policy for the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) that is enforced by governments worldwide. However, significant variations are …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, perceived beliefs, and preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 among Chinese older adults: cross-sectional web-based survey

Y Chen, R Zhou, B Chen, H Chen, Y Li, Z Chen… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - jmir.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose an international public health
threat. Prevention is of paramount importance to protect the high-risk group of older adults …

The association between risk perception and hesitancy toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among people aged 60 years and older in China

C Qin, W Yan, L Tao, M Liu, J Liu - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Given the prevalence of the omicron variant and decreased immunity provided
by vaccines, it is imperative to enhance resistance to COVID-19 in the old population. We …

Trajectories of depression and anxiety during COVID-19 associations with religion, income, and economic difficulties

S Kimhi, Y Eshel, H Marciano, B Adini… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The current study examined trajectories of anxiety and depression symptoms at
three-time points during the COVID-19 pandemic and examined correlates of those …

Social workers during COVID-19: Do co** strategies differentially mediate the relationship between job demand and psychological distress?

M Ben-Ezra, Y Hamama-Raz - The British Journal of Social …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The consequences of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have raised
many challenges in the social services workforce. The current study aimed to examine the …

Socio-demographic disparities in knowledge, practices, and ability to comply with COVID-19 public health measures in Canada

G Brankston, E Merkley, DN Fisman, AR Tuite… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives The effectiveness of public health interventions for mitigation of the COVID-19
pandemic depends on individual attitudes, compliance, and the level of support available to …

Translating a theory-based positive deviance approach into an applied tool: mitigating barriers among health professionals (HPs) regarding infection prevention and …

R Cohen, A Gesser-Edelsburg, A Singhal, S Benenson… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Although a wide range of intervention programs and methods have been
implemented to increase health professionals'(HPs) adherence with infection prevention …

Knowledge and vaccination acceptance toward the human monkeypox among men who have sex with men in China

M Zheng, C Qin, X Qian, Y Yao, J Liu, Z Yuan… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background MSM individuals are at high risk of monkeypox infection, and judicious use of
vaccines can control the outbreak. Therefore, we conducted a national cross-sectional …