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

世界卫生组织将新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）描述为威胁全世界生命的大流行。自2020年2月在美国首次确诊以来，冠状病毒已在全国迅速传播。这个RAPID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。关于当代健康恐慌的信息通常会导致个人支持卫生政策措施，如疫苗和隔离，以及政府对支持协调应对流行病的高度信任。该项目将研究在这一迅速发展的突发公共卫生事件背景下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。民意指数将衡量公众对冠状病毒的理解，以及公众对各种政策应对措施的支持，以控制或管理危机的严重性。这项研究的结果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，并有助于针对那些可能最容易感染病毒但不知道其所带来危险的社区制定公共卫生应对措施。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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.