Citizens' Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Recommendations by the Government: A 3-Country Comparative Evaluation Using Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey Data
Citizens' Adherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Recommendations by the Government: A 3-Country Comparative Evaluation Using Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey Data
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DOI：
10.2196/20634
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发表时间：
2020-08-11
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Khuntia, Jiban
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作者：
Al-Hasan, Abrar;Yim, Dobin;Khuntia, Jiban
背景：社交距离是全球各国政府实施的有效预防冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的政策。然而，不同的个人和国家在遵守政策方面存在很大差异。可以说，公民的遵守行为的差异将受到他们对政府计划的看法和可用于指导他们行为的信息的影响，在数字时代，社交媒体对公民的大众影响力更是如此。深入了解公民遵守过程中的潜在因素和动态，将告知政策制定者遵循适当的沟通和信息传递方法，以影响公民遵守建议的意愿。目的：本研究的目的是比较评估公民对政府提出的COVID-19相关建议的遵守过程。重点是随机抽样的三个不同国家（美国、科威特和韩国）的公民如何应对政府的流行病指导工作。我们深入分析了两类对政府在管理疫情中的作用的看法：（1）公民对政府在应对疫情中的作用的看法;（2）公民对政府重新开放业务努力的看法。毫无疑问，互联网和社交媒体已经蓬勃发展，对塑造个人对COVID-19形势的看法和评估产生了不同的影响;我们论证并测试了信息来源、社交媒体使用和知识对遵守行为的影响。方法：我们随机抽样了一家全球公司于2020年5月从美国、科威特和韩国公民中收集的基于网络的调查数据。一个非线性有序概率回归，控制几个反事实，用于分析。使用参数estimation.Results之间的加权距离的研究的焦点估计的影响进行了比较，在不同的国家：总样本量为482受访者，其中207（43%）住在美国，181（38%）住在科威特，94（20%）住在韩国。有序概率单位估计结果表明，总体而言，对政府应对努力的感知对自我坚持有积极影响（P
Background: Social distancing is an effective preventative policy for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that is enforced by governments worldwide. However, significant variations are observed in following the policy across individuals and countries. Arguably, differences in citizens' adherence actions will be influenced by their perceptions about government's plans and the information available to guide their behaviors-more so in the digital age in the realm of mass influence of social media on citizens. Insights into the underlying factors and dynamics involved with citizens' adherence process will inform the policy makers to follow appropriate communication and messaging approaches to influence citizens' willingness to adhere to the recommendations.Objective: The aim of this study is a comparative evaluation of citizens' adherence process to COVID-19-relevant recommendations by the government. The focus is on how three different countries' (United States, Kuwait, and South Korea) citizens, randomly sampled, respond to governments'pandemic guidance efforts. We draw insights into two categories of perceived government roles in managing the pandemic: (1) citizens' perceptions of government's role in responding to the pandemic and (2) citizens' perceptions of government's business reopening efforts. Undoubtedly, the internet and social media have burgeoned, with differing effects on shaping individuals' views and assessments of the COVID-19 situation; we argue and test for the effects of information sources, social media use, and knowledge on the adherence actions.Methods: We randomly sampled web-based survey data collected by a global firm in May 2020 from citizens of the United States, Kuwait, and South Korea. A nonlinear ordered probit regression, controlling for several counterfactuals, was used for analysis. The focal estimated effects of the study were compared across countries using the weighted distance between the parameter estimates.Results: The total sample size was 482 respondents, of which 207 (43%) lived in the United States, 181 (38%) lived in Kuwait, and 94 (20%) lived in South Korea. The ordered probit estimation results suggest that overall, perception of government response efforts positively influenced self-adherence (P