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Protective behaviours – such as wearing face masks, ensuring good hygiene, maintaining social distancing, and limiting physical contact – have been acknowledged as effective non-pharmaceutical solutions for pandemic prevention. However, many people often fail to adhere to these behaviour modifications. To better understand the issue, this study explores individuals' behaviour change situations during the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes appropriate design strategies. To collect valuable data for analysis, the researcher utilized three qualitative methods including observation, nominal group technique (NGT), and a user interview. Five facets of the current behaviour change situation were examined in Hefei, China. These include surveillance, publicity and information dissemination, public facilities and auxiliary tools design, people's attitudes towards behaviour change, and their actual behaviour performance. Moreover, the researchers also examined key challenges and design limitations of behaviour change situations, which were ranked based on voting results from three NGT groups. These theoretical findings may provide valuable insights to guide practical designs and policymaking within the domain of pandemic prevention and control © 2022, Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine.All Rights Reserved.
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The Covid-19 pandemic brought radical pedagogical shifts to global higher education. Online teaching/learning has become the mainstream under the context of the pandemic. Although vaccines have been increasingly provided and face-to-face teaching has resumed in some institutions, people are advised to adapt themselves to the changes under the new normal. Lecturers and students still need to be prepared for online teaching/learning in case of another round of outbreak. This study was conducted to generate and compare lecturers’ and students’ assessment of online teaching/learning in hospitality and tourism undergraduate programmes in Mainland China. With the theoretical guidance of the technology acceptance model (TAM), from semi-structured interviews with seventeen lecturers and ten students, a ‘Love’ framework and a ‘Hate’ framework were proposed explaining why lecturers and students love or hate online teaching/learning. Consistency and variances were identified comparing lecturers’ and students’ concerns. Both frameworks extend TAM in the online education setting and can be used as theoretical guidance for future online teaching/learning studies. Findings provide stakeholders clear directions and practical solutions to better prepare for the new normal. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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Affected by COVID-19, our college sports activities are also facing a series of challenges. In order to fight the epidemic and win this battle of prevention and control, it has triggered thinking about the safety of college sports activities. By understanding the significance of safety precautions for sports activities in colleges and universities and analyzing the challenges faced, the following suggestions and considerations are put forward:(1) Strengthen the education of the concept of safety and health in sports activities;(2) Scientifically design the technical solutions for safety and prevention of sports activities in colleges and universities;(3) Reasonably arrange the physical education curriculum teaching plan;(4) Carefully prepare appropriate teaching design;(5) Strictly control extracurricular sports activities. © 2021 ACM.