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ArticleFrontiers in public health2022

Age Differences in Preferred Methods of Obtaining and Understanding Health Related Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.

Nathan Williams, Terry Haines, Cylie Williams, Kelly-Ann Bowles, Keith D Hill

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Nathan WilliamsSchool of Primary and Allied Health Care & National Centre for Healthy Ageing, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
Terry HainesSchool of Primary and Allied Health Care & National Centre for Healthy Ageing, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
Cylie WilliamsSchool of Primary and Allied Health Care & National Centre for Healthy Ageing, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
Kelly-Ann BowlesSchool of Primary and Allied Health Care & National Centre for Healthy Ageing, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.
Keith D HillRehabilitation Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.

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Abstract

Methods of communications and the nature of messaging are critically important in influencing public behavior. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in major disruptions to all aspects of life globally and has triggered multiple approaches of health messaging to the general public to communicate COVID-19 preventative measures. This study aimed to identify: (1) differences between age groups in the main avenues used by people to obtain COVID-19 related information; and (2) whether age and information sources were associated with correct interpretation of government messaging relating to how people understand or interpret the terms "self-isolation" and "social distancing." An online survey was conducted in 2020. Participants were aged over 18 years and grouped into age group decades. Differences in sources of COVID-19 information were compared visually between age groups. Logistic regression was used to determine whether age and each of the various methods of communication of COVID-19 information were independently associated with correct response to the self-isolation, or the social distancing statements. There were 3,300 survey respondents 85% female; age sub-groups: 18-29 (7.4%); 30-39 (10.6%); 40-49 (17.6%); 50-59 (22.9%); 60-69 (25.9%); 70-79 (13.9%); and 80+ (1.7%). People accessed public health messaging information from a wide variety of sources that changed as they aged (e.g., older people were more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 information

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COVID-19Social MediaAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsPhysical DistancingSARS-CoV-2age factorscommunicationcomprehensionconsumer health informationCOVID-19public health

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