在流行病期间,死亡风险信息和寻求健康的行为
Helene Purcell1, Iliana V Kohler1, Alberto Ciancio2
1Populations Studies Center, Sociology Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
概括
马拉维的一项卫生干预措施通过减少对死亡率的担忧,改善了COVID-19疫苗的接种率. 这种干预措施也促进了与医疗保健系统的接触和对医疗治疗的信心,使整个家庭受益.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 公共卫生干预 公共卫生干预
背景情况:
- 悲观的生存观念,由艾滋病毒/艾滋病疫情加剧,影响健康行为.
- 在马拉维农村进行的纵向队列研究,对参与者进行了长达25年的跟踪.
- 之前的干预措施旨在减少死亡率的看法.
研究的目的:
- 调查2017年死亡风险信息干预对COVID-19大流行期间健康行为的影响.
- 评估接种疫苗和其他与健康相关的行为.
- 研究对家庭成员的间接影响.
主要方法:
- 在马拉维农村进行了长达25年的纵向队列研究.
- 分析了2017年旨在减少悲观死亡率观念的干预措施的数据.
- 检查了COVID-19疫苗接种情况和其他健康行为.
主要成果:
- 2017年的干预导致了改善的健康行为,包括增加了COVID-19疫苗接种率.
- 对于兄弟姐妹和家庭成员来说,观察到对健康行为的间接积极影响.
- 干预的成功与医疗保健系统的参与度和对生物医学治疗的信心增加有关.
结论:
- 针对生存感知的健康信息干预可以促进健康行为和医疗保健系统的参与,即使是在COVID-19流行病等意想不到的危机期间.
- 有效的干预设计,包括建立关系和特定上下文的消息传递,提高了信息的突出性.
- 研究结果强调了解决心理因素以改善公共卫生结果的潜力.
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