The Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Risk Perception, County Death Rates, and Voluntary Health Behaviors Among United States Adult Population.

Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0413675 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1537-6613 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00221899 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Infect Dis Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Jan. 2011- : Oxford : Oxford University Press
Original Publication: 1904-2010 : Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press

COVID-19*/epidemiology ; COVID-19*/mortality ; Health Behavior* ; Risk Assessment*; Adult ; Humans ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2 ; United States/epidemiology

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to adversely impact the United States socially, culturally, and economically. The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between COVID-19 county death rates, risk perception, and US adults' voluntary behaviors-particularly physical distancing.
Methods: Data were collected from CloudResearch/Qualtrics, Johns Hopkins University, the American Community Survey, and SafeGraph.
Results: Our results indicated that higher COVID-19 county death rates were associated with higher risk perceptions, leading to greater time spent at home.
Conclusions: These findings will help public health officials identify strategies that best encourage voluntary health behaviors to help curb the spread of COVID-19.
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UL1 TR001863 United States TR NCATS NIH HHS; Yale Institute for Global Health

Keywords: COVID-19; death rate; risk perception; time spent at home

Date Created: 20210311 Date Completed: 20220221 Latest Revision: 20220221

20231215

PMC7989350

10.1093/infdis/jiab131

33693810