TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 Prevention - Global Research Study of Relevance to Psychology and Health
AU - Romano, John L.
AU - Israelashvili, Jacob
AU - Becker, Martin Swanbrow
AU - Israelashvili, Moshe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - Despite advances in COVID-19 vaccine development, global immunization has proceeded slowly, with low-income countries being disadvantaged in the distribution of vaccines (York, 2020). Hence, a large portion of the global population will remain unprotected against the virus unless they strictly keep up with the prevention measures. To support the UN Sustainable Goal 3 and related targets of improving prevention efforts to promote good health and well-being, this paper shares participants adherence to recommended prevention behaviors and their relationship to demographic characteristics, personal health beliefs, and well-being across a large, nonrandomized sample from over 60 countries. The findings indicate more variability in adherence to behaviors within countries than between them, with women and those with more education and subjective socioeconomic status being more compliant with prevention recommendations. Positive feelings toward one's ability to stay healthy impacted behavior more than fear of contracting the disease. Implications for the importance of prevention science to further positive behavior change supporting the UN Sustainable Goal of promoting health and well-being are highlighted.
AB - Despite advances in COVID-19 vaccine development, global immunization has proceeded slowly, with low-income countries being disadvantaged in the distribution of vaccines (York, 2020). Hence, a large portion of the global population will remain unprotected against the virus unless they strictly keep up with the prevention measures. To support the UN Sustainable Goal 3 and related targets of improving prevention efforts to promote good health and well-being, this paper shares participants adherence to recommended prevention behaviors and their relationship to demographic characteristics, personal health beliefs, and well-being across a large, nonrandomized sample from over 60 countries. The findings indicate more variability in adherence to behaviors within countries than between them, with women and those with more education and subjective socioeconomic status being more compliant with prevention recommendations. Positive feelings toward one's ability to stay healthy impacted behavior more than fear of contracting the disease. Implications for the importance of prevention science to further positive behavior change supporting the UN Sustainable Goal of promoting health and well-being are highlighted.
KW - COVID-19
KW - health
KW - international
KW - prevention
KW - psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130136460&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1027/2157-3891/a000039
DO - 10.1027/2157-3891/a000039
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AN - SCOPUS:85130136460
SN - 2157-3883
VL - 11
SP - 112
EP - 124
JO - International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation
JF - International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation
IS - 2
ER -