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What shapes people's willingness to wear a face mask at the beginning of a public health disaster? A qualitative study based on Covid-19 in China

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ID22028194
AuthorsAlex Pak Ki Kwok (0000-0002-7961-8326, Jinan University), Mian Yan (0000-0002-1305-4257, Jinan University, corresponding author), Ying Huang (0000-0003-3569-7576, Jinan University), Ying Ting Huang, Chang Gao (0000-0003-2776-7087, Jinan University), Wen Zhuo Li (Jinan University)
Year2021
Volume65
Pages102577
Publication date2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2212-4209
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102577
PMID34540576
OpenAlexW3201207083
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited43

COVID-19 should not be the world's last public health disaster, so there is an urgent need to learn from COVID-19 to prepare better for the next public health disaster. This study aims to understand the factors that make people wear a face mask at the beginning of an outbreak of public health disaster. Semi-structured interviews were conducted during April 2020 in China, one month after the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. The respondents were members of the public living in China, covering two age groups: young adults and older adults. They were recruited using a convenient sample and snowball sampling strategy. The results were analysed using content analysis. Seventeen subjects were recruited, among which nine were young adults (average age = 26.4; SD = 10.5), and eight were older adults (average age = 60.4; SD = 12.1). This study found that environmental factors, personal factors, factors concerning wearing masks, specific circumstances, and development of the pandemic were the common factors considered by both young adults and older adults. This study should help the authority formulate prevention policies better to reduce the risk of an outbreak if there is a new virus outbreak in the future, unfortunately

China · Disease · Environmental health · Geography · Outbreak · Pandemic · Public health · Snowball sampling · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Young adult · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology

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Citation span2022 - 2024 (3)
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