A mixed-methods evaluation of advice on isolation and health-seeking to contain transmission

为帮助在遏制阶段减少COVID-19的传播，建议从受影响国家返回的人员和病例接触者留在家中，避免与他人接触（自我隔离）。此外，建议从受影响国家遣返的人留在有支持的隔离设施中。在延迟阶段，已经发布了额外的建议，要求任何有症状的人进行自我隔离，并要求全体人口留在家中，只有在必要时才离开家（保持社交距离）。任何有潜在健康问题的人，无论出现什么症状，都应自我隔离12周。我们知道，人们并不总是遵循建议，经历孤立会对心理健康和福祉产生负面影响。我们将进行调查和访谈，以评估人们是否遵循这一建议，什么可能使遵循这一建议变得困难，可以做些什么来支持被建议隔离的人，以及隔离对心理健康和福祉的影响。我们还将探讨英国和中国社区如何回应公共卫生建议。我们的研究结果将有助于管理当前的COVID-19疫情以及未来任何需要人们与他人保持距离的疾病疫情。

To help reduce the spread of COVID-19 during the containment phase, people retuning from affected countries and contacts of cases were advised to stay at home and avoid contact with others (self-isolate). In addition, people who were repatriated from affected countries were advised to stay in supported isolation facilities. During the delay phase, additional advice has been issued for anyone with symptoms to self-isolate and the whole population to stay at home and only leave their house if necessary (social distancing). Anyone with underlying health conditions has been advised to self-isolate for 12 weeks, regardless of symptoms. We know that people do not always follow advice and experiencing isolation can have a negative impact on mental health and wellbeing. We will conduct surveys and interviews to assess whether people follow this advice, what might make following this advice difficult, what can be done to support people who are advised to isolate and the impact of isolation on mental health and wellbeing. We will also explore how UK and Chinese communities have responded to public health advice. Our findings will help with the management of the current COVID-19 outbreak and any future disease outbreaks requiring people to distance themselves from others.