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Social Vulnerability and Compliance With World Health Organization Advice on Protective Behaviors Against COVID-19 in African and Asia Pacific Countries: Factor Analysis to Develop a Social Vulnerability Index

Social Vulnerability and Compliance With World Health Organization Advice on Protective Behaviors Against COVID-19 in African and Asia Pacific Countries: Factor Analysis to Develop a Social Vulnerability Index

In our SVI construction models, we included factors associated with COVID-19 protective behaviors, morbidity, and mortality. Figure 1 illustrates the framework used to guide the analysis of this study. Conceptual framework to construct a social vulnerability index that reflects compliance with World Health Organization advice on COVID-19 protective behaviors. GDP: gross domestic product.

Suladda Pongutta, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Kathy Leung, Heidi J Larson, Leesa Lin

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2024;10:e54383

Factors Impacting Chinese Older Adults’ Intention to Prevent COVID-19 in the Post–COVID-19 Pandemic Era: Survey Study

Factors Impacting Chinese Older Adults’ Intention to Prevent COVID-19 in the Post–COVID-19 Pandemic Era: Survey Study

Second, the effect of social capital on protective behavior intention was assessed. The results are presented in Table 5. Cognitive social capital positively predicted protective behavior intention (B=0.52; P Summary of regressions predicting protective behavior intention (N=399). a R2=0.18; F4,394=21.34; P value for the F test b R2=0.05; F4,394 =4.91; P value for the F test c R2=0.22; F7,391=16.13; P value for the F test d R2=0.14; F7,391 =9.03; P value for the F test e The values are not available.

Huixin Guan, Wei Wang

JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e53608

Factors Associated With Levels of Public Engagement in Protective Behaviors During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: Causal-Comparative Study Based on the Health Belief Model

Factors Associated With Levels of Public Engagement in Protective Behaviors During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: Causal-Comparative Study Based on the Health Belief Model

The HBM has been used widely and researchers have modified it to include cues to action, as evidence suggests that these can also affect protective behaviors [12]. Several studies have used the HBM to examine the relationship between health beliefs and protective behaviors during COVID-19. A study that examined protective behavior in Morocco and India found that perceived severity and susceptibility were vital factors that affected avoidant protective behavior, such as social distancing [11].

Chia-Chun Tang, Hsi Chen, Shao-Yu Tsai, Wei-Wen Wu

JMIR Hum Factors 2023;10:e49687

COVID-19 Information Sources and Health Behaviors During Pregnancy: Results From a Prenatal App-Embedded Survey

COVID-19 Information Sources and Health Behaviors During Pregnancy: Results From a Prenatal App-Embedded Survey

Even if highly motivated to engage in positive health behaviors, pregnant people have not always known what actions would offer them appropriate protection, with many doubting the benefits of protective behaviors such as vaccination [7,8]. In the broader US population, adoption of protective behaviors continues to be uneven, despite a growing scientific consensus on effective protective behaviors to decrease the transmission and contraction of COVID-19 [9,10].

James Bohnhoff, Alexander Davis, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Tamar Krishnamurti

JMIR Infodemiology 2021;1(1):e31774