School of Public Health, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Keizo Asami Immunopathology Laboratory, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 1;18(17):9217. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179217.
Societal influences, such as beliefs and behaviors, and their increasing complexity add to the challenges of interactivity promoted by globalization. This study was developed during a virtual global educational exchange experience and designed for research and educational purposes to assess personal social and cultural risk factors for students' COVID-19 personal prevention behavior and perceptions about life during the pandemic, and to inform future educational efforts in intercultural learning for healthcare students. We designed and implemented a cross-sectional anonymous online survey intended to assess social and cultural risk factors for COVID-19 personal prevention behavior and students' perceptions about life during the pandemic in public health and healthcare students in two public universities (United States n = 53; Brazil n = 55). Statistically significant differences existed between the United States and Brazil students in degree type, employment, risk behavior, personal prevention procedures, sanitization perceptions, and views of governmental policies. Cultural and social differences, risk messaging, and lifestyle factors may contribute to disparities in perceptions and behaviors of students around the novel infectious disease, with implications for future global infectious disease control.
社会影响，如信仰和行为，以及它们日益复杂，增加了全球化促进的互动的挑战。本研究是在虚拟的全球教育交流体验中进行的，旨在评估学生对 COVID-19 个人预防行为和大流行期间生活的个人社会和文化风险因素的认知，为医疗保健学生的跨文化学习教育工作提供信息。我们设计并实施了一项横断面匿名在线调查，旨在评估公共卫生和医疗保健专业学生对 COVID-19 个人预防行为和大流行期间生活的个人社会和文化风险因素的认知，该调查在两所公立大学进行（美国 n = 53；巴西 n = 55）。美国和巴西学生在学位类型、就业、风险行为、个人预防程序、消毒认知和对政府政策的看法方面存在统计学差异。文化和社会差异、风险信息传递和生活方式因素可能导致学生对新传染病的认知和行为存在差异，这对未来的全球传染病控制具有重要意义。
