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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

A Multidimensional Model of Public Health Approaches Against COVID-19.

Mehrab Nazir, Iftikhar Hussain, Jian Tian, Sabahat Akram, Sidney Mangenda Tshiaba, Shahrukh Mushtaq, Muhammad Afzal Shad

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Mehrab NazirSchool of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science & Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China.
Iftikhar HussainDean, Faculty of Computing & Engineering, University of Kotli Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Kotli 11100, Pakistan.
Jian TianSchool of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science & Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China.
Sabahat AkramDepartment of Econmomics, University of Kotli Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Kotli 11100, Pakistan.
Sidney Mangenda TshiabaSchool of Economics and Management, Jiangsu University of Science & Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China.
Shahrukh MushtaqDepartment of Business Administration, University of Kotli Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Kotli 11100, Pakistan.
Muhammad Afzal ShadDepartment of Commerce, University of Kotli Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Kotli 11100, Pakistan.

Funding

THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE FUND OF CHINA 17BGL028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 is appearing as one of the most fetal disease of the world's history and has caused a global health emergency. Therefore, this study was designed with the aim to address the issue of public response against COVID-19. The literature lacks studies on social aspects of COVID-19. Therefore, the current study is an attempt to investigate its social aspects and suggest a theoretical structural equation model to examine the associations between social media exposure, awareness, and information exchange and preventive behavior and to determine the indirect as well as direct impact of social media exposure on preventive behavior from the viewpoints of awareness and information exchange. The current empirical investigation was held in Pakistan, and the collected survey data from 500 respondents through social media tools were utilized to examine the associations between studied variables as stated in the anticipated study model. The findings of the study indicate that social media exposure has no significant and direct effect on preventive behavior. Social media exposure influences preventive behavior indirectly through awareness and information exchange. In addition, awareness and information exchange have significant and direct effects on preventive behavior. Findings are valuable for health administrators, governments, policymakers, and social scientists, specifically for individuals whose situations are like those in Pakistan. This research validates how social media exposure indirectly effects preventive behavior concerning COVID-19 and explains the paths of effect through awareness or information exchange. To the best of our knowledge, there is no work at present that covers this gap, for this reason the authors propose a new model. The conceptual model offers valuable information for policymakers and practitioners to enhance preventive behavior through the adoption of appropriate awareness strategies and information exchange and social media strategies.

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Public HealthSocial BehaviorBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Global HealthHumansPakistanPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Social MediaCOVID-19pandemicpreventive behaviorsocial actorssocial media

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PMID32466581
PMCPMC7312600

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