ArticleApplied health economics and health policy2020
Using Insights from Behavioral Economics to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19.
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- Effective factors in people's preventive behaviors during covid-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Perceived protective behavioral changes in Chinese residents post-dynamic zero-COVID policy lifting: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Better than my neighbor? Testing for overconfidence in COVID-19 preventive behaviors in Latin America.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Transit use reduction following COVID-19: The effect of threat appraisal, proactive coping and institutional trust.Transportation research. Part A, Policy and practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
The outbreak of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency of international concern. The number of COVID-infected individuals and related deaths continues to rise rapidly. Encouraging people to adopt and sustain preventive behaviors is a central focus of public health policies that seek to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Public health policy needs improved methods to encourage people to adhere to COVID-19-preventive behaviors. In this paper, we introduce a number of insights from behavioral economics that help explain why people may behave irrationally during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, present bias, status quo bias, framing effect, optimism bias, affect heuristic, and herding behavior are discussed. We hope this paper will shed light on how insights from behavioral economics can enrich public health policies and interventions in the fight against COVID-19.
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