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Determinants of health behaviours intended to prevent spread of respiratory pathogens that have pandemic potential

A rapid review

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ID21283592
AuthorsJennifer Hanratty (0000-0002-1076-240X, Queen's University Belfast), Declan Bradley (0000-0003-1468-1823, Queen's University Belfast), Declan T Bradley, Sarah Miller (0000-0003-3348-4470, Queen's University Belfast), Sarah J Miller (0000-0002-6805-2216), Martin Dempster (0000-0001-9499-3186, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume220
Pages103423
Publication date2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa Psychologica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-6918 • E-ISSN: 1873-6297
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103423
PMID34624664
OpenAlexW3203865401
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited54

Effective public health messages to encourage behaviours to reduce the spread of COVID-19 should be informed by existing research that identifies the factors that are associated with these preventive behaviours. This rapid review summarises the existing research on the determinants of behaviours that aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The review focuses on the body of research (excluding research conducted with health care workers) that was produced in the context of viruses other than SARS CoV-2 that cause severe respiratory illness and are transmitted in a similar way. A total of 58 published peer-reviewed studies included in the review were identified through searches of Medline, Embase, PsychInfo and CINAHL. Most were conducted in the context of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in 2009. Most studies examined the determinants of wearing a face covering, handwashing and social or physical distancing. The findings suggest that public health messages to encourage preventive behaviours should emphasise the potential seriousness of COVID-19 to elicit appropriate concern, strengthen perceptions of risk or threat from COVID-19, enhance self-efficacy about preventive behaviours, and improve knowledge about SARS-CoV-2, how it is transmitted, and how preventive behaviours can reduce the risk of transmission

CINAHL · Context (archaeology) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Environmental health · Family medicine · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · MEDLINE · Pandemic · Psychological intervention · Public health · Seriousness · Social distance · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

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Citation span2022 - 2025 (4)
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