社会文化价值观是COVID-19相关死亡的危险因素
1Department of Psychology, City, University of London, UK.
概括
社会文化价值观影响COVID-19死亡率. 政治参与增加了死亡,而对制度和物质主义的信任减少了死亡,显示出特定的健康结果相关性.
科学领域:
- 社会流行病学社会流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 跨文化研究跨文化研究.
背景情况:
- 了解感染性疾病爆发的人口级风险因素至关重要.
- 社会文化价值观可能会影响健康行为和结果.
- 以前的研究还没有广泛探索特定文化价值观与COVID-19死亡率之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会文化价值观是否作为COVID-19相关死亡率的人口水平风险因素.
- 根据世界价值观调查的文化价值观预测COVID-19死亡率.
- 确定这些价值-健康结果关联的特异性.
主要方法:
- 利用世界价值观调查的数据来提取社会文化价值观.
- 收集了COVID-19相关的死亡数据,这些数据是各国首次死亡后的.
- 采用统计模型来预测死亡率,控制混变量.
主要成果:
- 支持政治参与程度较高的国家显示COVID-19死亡率增加.
- 对机构和物质主义取向的更大信任与COVID-19死亡率的降低有关.
- 这些价值特定关联是COVID-19死亡率的独特特征,并没有预测一般健康结果或其他类型的死亡率.
结论:
- 社会文化价值观是人口水平COVID-19死亡率的重要预测因素.
- 像信任和物质主义这样的特定价值观证明了对COVID-19死亡的保护作用.
- 这些发现突显了文化因素与特定健康危机之间的细微关系.
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