International Journal of Public Health and Safety

School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430032, P.R. China

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• Research Article   
  Perceptions and Behavioral Adoptions of the Preventive Strategies from Person-To-Person Transmission of COVID-19 among the Public in China: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey
  Author(s): Xian Zhu, Yong Gan, Bo Wu, Qinyong Gou, Daikun Zheng, Chenglu Liu, Chang Xu, Zhou Tao, Yaoyue Hu, Hong Xu* and Qian Long
  
  Background and Objectives: COVID-19 is still spreading rapidly around the world. At present, the main strategies adopted to prevent spreading are quarantine, social distancing and isolation of infected cases. This study investigated perceptions and behavioural adoptions of COVID-19 prevention strategies among the Chinese public and identified factors predicting individual health behaviour. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional online survey between 22 February and 5 March, 2020. We approached to urban residents through snowball sampling method using the Chinese social media. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was adopted to guide the analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used to examine impacts of modifying factors and individual beliefs on individual health behaviour. Results: Of .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2736-6189.2021.6.216

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