Relationships Between Initial COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Protective Health Behaviors: A National Survey

Perceptions of health risks inform decisions about protective behaviors, but COVID-19 was an unfamiliar risk as it began to spread across the U.S. In the initial stage of the epidemic, authors examined perceived risks for COVID-19 infection and infection fatality and whether these risk perceptions w...

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Published in:	American journal of preventive medicine Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 157 - 167
Main Authors:	Bruine de Bruin, Wändi, Bennett, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.08.2020 Elsevier Science Ltd American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc
Subjects:	Adult Aged Behavior Communicable Diseases, Emerging - prevention & control Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control Coronaviruses COVID-19 Cross-Sectional Studies Crowds Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data Epidemics Fatalities Female Hand Disinfection - methods Health Behavior Health risks Humans Infections Male Masks - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Pandemics - prevention & control Perception Perceptions Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control Polls & surveys Primary Prevention - methods Respondents Risk Assessment Risk behavior Risk communication Risk perception Risk-Taking Social distancing Social factors Time Factors United States United States United States > US
ISSN:	0749-3797, 1873-2607, 1873-2607
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