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BEHAVIOR AND SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN PERU: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DESIGN BEHAVIORAL PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS / CONDUCTA Y PROPAGACIÓN DEL COVID-19 EN EL PERÚ: MARCO DE REFERENCIA PARA EL DISEÑO DE INTERVENCIONES CONDUCTUALES DE SALUD PÚBLICA
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ABSTRACT
Human behavior has a decisive influence on the transmission of COVID-19 and must play a main role in national public health efforts. This article analyzes variables of psychosocial intervention that have shown a relationship with the performance of protective behaviors in pandemic contexts. These variables has been organized according to the following intervention objectives:
increasing risk perception and self-efficacy, reducing invulnerability bias, managing anxiety and uncertainty, promoting healthy social norms, promoting social capital, promoting behaviors prosocial, and build trust in the authorities and science. Finally, a framework is proposed for the design and implementation of behavioral public health interventions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Peru.RESUMEN
La conducta humana influye de manera decisiva en la transmisión del COVID-19 y debe tener un rol protagónico en los esfuerzos nacionales de salud pública. Este artículo analiza variables de intervención psicosocial que han mostrado relación con la realización de conductas de protección en contextos de pandemia. Estas variables se han organizado en función de los siguientes objetivos de intervención incrementar la percepción de riesgo y la autoeficacia, reducir el sesgo de invulnerabilidad, gestionar la ansiedad y la incertidumbre, promover normas sociales promotoras de salud, promover el capital social, promover conductas prosociales, y generar confianza en las autoridades y la ciencia. Finalmente, se propone un marco de referencia para el diseño e implementación de intervenciones conductuales de salud pública para reducir la propagación del COVID-19 en el Perú.
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Peru
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Spanish
Year:
2020
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