RAPID: Impact of Coronavirus Understanding, Trust, and Other Public Beliefs and Attitudes on Behavioral Responses

新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）已被世界卫生组织描述为威胁全球生命的大流行病。自2020年2月首次在美国确诊以来，冠状病毒已在全国迅速蔓延。这个RAPID项目的目标是从美国代表性样本中收集广泛的民意数据，以跟踪公众对冠状病毒的反应。关于当代健康恐慌的信息通常会导致个人倾向于采取卫生政策措施，如疫苗和疫苗，以及高度信任政府支持协调应对流行病。该项目将研究在这种迅速发展的公共卫生紧急情况下，影响公众对冠状病毒反应的因素。数据将通过YouGov从大量随机抽样的美国人中分两波收集。PI将衡量公众对冠状病毒的理解以及公众对各种政策反应的支持，以控制或管理危机的严重性。这项研究的发现将有助于为公共卫生当局如何与美国人进行最佳沟通提供指导，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been described by the World Health Organization as a pandemic that will threaten lives the world over. Since first diagnosed in the United States in February 2020, coronavirus has spread rapidly across the country. The objective of this RAPID project is to collect a wide range of public opinion data from a representative sample of Americans to track the public reaction to coronavirus. Information on contemporary health scares typically lead individuals to favor health policy measures, such as vaccines and quarantines, and high levels of government trust to support coordinated responses to epidemics. This project will study factors that shape the public reactions to coronavirus in the context of this rapidly unfolding public health emergency. Data will be collected in two waves from a large random sample of Americans using YouGov. The PIs will measure public understanding of coronavirus as well as public support for various policy responses to contain or manage the severity of the crisis. The study's findings will help to provide guidance on how public health authorities can best communicate with Americans, and can assist in targeting public health responses to those communities that may be most vulnerable to the virus but not aware of the danger that it presents.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.