Government intervention, risk perception, and the adoption of protective action recommendations: evidence from the COVID-19 prevention and control experience of China
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
; 17(10), 2020.
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in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1725611
ABSTRACT
This study examines the relationships between government interventions, risk perception, and the public's adoption of protective action recommendations (PARs) during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease emergency in mainland China. We conducted quota sampling based on the proportion of the population in each province and gender ratios in the Sixth Census and obtained a sample size of 3837. Government intervention was divided into government communication, government prevention and control, and government rescue. We used multiple regression and a bootstrap mediation effect test to study the mechanism of these three forms of government intervention on the public's adoption of PARs. The results show that government prevention and control and government rescue significantly increased the likelihood of the public adopting PARs. Risk perception was significantly associated with the public's adoption of PARs. The effects of government interventions and risk perception on the public's adoption of PARs was not found to vary by region. Risk perception is identified as an important mediating factor between government intervention and the public's adoption of PARs. These results indicate that increasing the public's risk perception is an effective strategy for governments seeking to encourage the public to adopt PARs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy and Planning [EE120]; Pathogen, Pest, Parasite and Weed Management (General) [HH000]; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210]; Agencies and Organizations [DD100]; government policy; public health; government; effects; guidelines; pandemics; disease prevention; man; China; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; APEC countries; Developing Countries; East Asia; Asia; Coronavirus; COVID-19; Coronavirus disease; People's Republic of China; recommendations
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Year:
2020
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