University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Health Educ Behav. 2022 Feb;49(1):5-10. doi: 10.1177/10901981211060327. Epub 2021 Dec 28.
Control of the COVID-19 pandemic requires significant changes in people's health behaviors. We offer this multidisciplinary perspective on the extent of compliance with social distancing recommendations and on coping with these measures around the globe in the first months of the pandemic. We present descriptive data from our survey of 17,650 respondents across 18 countries and territories in June 2020. The majority of respondents worried about contracting the virus. Nearly all engaged in at least some preventive behaviors, particularly handwashing, mask wearing, and avoiding social events. Most reported that it would be difficult to continue these behaviors for more than a few months, and about half reported feeling more anxious since the start of the pandemic. Commonly reported coping behaviors included news consumption, watching television, and sleeping. Our cross-national study highlights areas for developing and implementing health behavior interventions in the global fight to stop the spread of COVID-19.
控制 COVID-19 大流行需要人们的健康行为发生重大变化。我们从多学科的角度介绍了在大流行的最初几个月中，遵守保持社交距离建议的程度，以及在全球范围内应对这些措施的情况。我们提供了 2020 年 6 月对来自 18 个国家和地区的 17650 名受访者进行调查的描述性数据。大多数受访者担心感染病毒。几乎所有人都采取了至少一些预防措施，特别是勤洗手、戴口罩和避免社交活动。大多数人表示，这些行为难以持续几个月以上，大约一半的人表示自大流行开始以来感到更加焦虑。常见的应对行为包括消费新闻、看电视和睡觉。我们的跨国研究突出了在全球范围内为阻止 COVID-19 传播而制定和实施健康行为干预措施的领域。
