ArticleScientific reports2021
Factors influencing the protective behavior of individuals during COVID-19: a transnational survey.
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- Emerging Infectious Diseases Preventive Health Behavior (EID-PHB) scale: Turkish validity and reliability study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- A cross-sectional survey of COVID-19 testing status among vaccine recipients in Gombe State, North-Eastern Nigeria.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Factors Associated With Levels of Public Engagement in Protective Behaviors During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: Causal-Comparative Study Based on the Health Belief Model.JMIR human factors · 2023Article
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- Infection preventive behaviors and its association with perceived threat and perceived social factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea: 2020 community health survey.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Attitudes and Behavior toward COVID-19 Vaccination in Japanese University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Vaccines · 2022Article
- Factors Affecting COVID-19 Testing Behaviours Among the Population in South Western Nigeria.International journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
To slow the spread of infectious disease, it is crucial to understand the engagement of protective behavior among individuals. The purpose of this study was to systematically examine individuals' protective behaviors and the associated factors across countries during COVID-19. This causal-comparative study used a self-developed online survey to assess individuals' level of engagement with six protective behaviors. Analysis of variance and McNemar's test were employed for data analysis. Three hundred and eighty-four responses were analyzed. The majority of participants lived in three areas: Taiwan, Japan, and North America. Overall, the participants reported a high level of engagement in protective behaviors. However, engagement levels varied according to several demographic variables. Hand hygiene and cleaning/ventilation are two independent behaviors that differ from almost all other protective behaviors. There is a need to target the population at risk, which demonstrates low compliance. Different strategies are needed to promote specific protective behaviors.
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