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

新型冠状病毒(新冠肺炎)被世界卫生组织描述为一种大流行，将威胁世界各地的生命。自2020年2月在美国首次确诊以来，冠状病毒在全国迅速传播。这一快速项目的目标是从具有代表性的美国人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。有关当代健康恐慌的信息通常会导致个人支持疫苗和隔离等卫生政策措施，以及政府对支持协调应对流行病的高度信任。该项目将在这一迅速展开的公共卫生紧急情况下研究影响公众对冠状病毒反应的因素。数据将分两波从使用YouGov的大量随机美国人样本中收集。指标将衡量公众对冠状病毒的了解，以及公众对遏制或管理危机严重程度的各种政策回应的支持程度。这项研究的发现将有助于为公共卫生当局如何最好地与美国人沟通提供指导，并可以帮助针对那些可能最容易受到病毒影响但没有意识到其危险的社区的公共卫生响应。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.