National variability in Americans' COVID-19 protective behaviors: Implications for vaccine roll-out.

Protective behaviors such as mask wearing and physical distancing are critical to slow the spread of COVID-19, even in the context of vaccine scale-up. Understanding the variation in self-reported COVID-19 protective behaviors is critical to developing public health messaging. The purpose of the stu...

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Autores principales: John A Schneider, Bruce G Taylor, Anna L Hotton, Phoebe A Lamuda, Jonathan Ozik, Qinyun Lin, Elizabeth Flanagan, Mai Tuyet Pho, Marynia Kolak, Russell Brewer, Jade Pagkas-Bather, Harold A Pollack
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:27f024dc5deb421786e2b858d151157a2021-12-02T20:16:25ZNational variability in Americans' COVID-19 protective behaviors: Implications for vaccine roll-out.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0259257https://doaj.org/article/27f024dc5deb421786e2b858d151157a2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259257https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Protective behaviors such as mask wearing and physical distancing are critical to slow the spread of COVID-19, even in the context of vaccine scale-up. Understanding the variation in self-reported COVID-19 protective behaviors is critical to developing public health messaging. The purpose of the study is to provide nationally representative estimates of five self-reported COVID-19 protective behaviors and correlates of such behaviors. In this cross-sectional survey study of US adults, surveys were administered via internet and telephone. Adults were surveyed from April 30-May 4, 2020, a time of peaking COVID-19 incidence within the US. Participants were recruited from the probability-based AmeriSpeak® national panel. Brief surveys were completed by 994 adults, with 73.0% of respondents reported mask wearing, 82.7% reported physical distancing, 75.1% reported crowd avoidance, 89.8% reported increased hand-washing, and 7.7% reported having prior COVID-19 testing. Multivariate analysis (p critical value .05) indicates that women were more likely to report protective behaviors than men, as were those over age 60. Respondents who self-identified as having low incomes, histories of criminal justice involvement, and Republican Party affiliation, were less likely to report four protective behaviors, though Republicans and individuals with criminal justice histories were more likely to report having received COVID-19 testing. The majority of Americans engaged in COVID-19 protective behaviors, with low-income Americans, those with histories of criminal justice involvement, and self-identified Republicans less likely to engage in these preventive behaviors. Culturally competent public health messaging and interventions might focus on these latter groups to prevent future infections. These findings will remain highly relevant even with vaccines widely available, given the complementarities between vaccines and protective behaviors, as well as the many challenges in delivering vaccines.John A SchneiderBruce G TaylorAnna L HottonPhoebe A LamudaJonathan OzikQinyun LinElizabeth FlanaganMai Tuyet PhoMarynia KolakRussell BrewerJade Pagkas-BatherHarold A PollackPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259257 (2021)
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John A Schneider
Bruce G Taylor
Anna L Hotton
Phoebe A Lamuda
Jonathan Ozik
Qinyun Lin
Elizabeth Flanagan
Mai Tuyet Pho
Marynia Kolak
Russell Brewer
Jade Pagkas-Bather
Harold A Pollack
National variability in Americans' COVID-19 protective behaviors: Implications for vaccine roll-out.
description Protective behaviors such as mask wearing and physical distancing are critical to slow the spread of COVID-19, even in the context of vaccine scale-up. Understanding the variation in self-reported COVID-19 protective behaviors is critical to developing public health messaging. The purpose of the study is to provide nationally representative estimates of five self-reported COVID-19 protective behaviors and correlates of such behaviors. In this cross-sectional survey study of US adults, surveys were administered via internet and telephone. Adults were surveyed from April 30-May 4, 2020, a time of peaking COVID-19 incidence within the US. Participants were recruited from the probability-based AmeriSpeak® national panel. Brief surveys were completed by 994 adults, with 73.0% of respondents reported mask wearing, 82.7% reported physical distancing, 75.1% reported crowd avoidance, 89.8% reported increased hand-washing, and 7.7% reported having prior COVID-19 testing. Multivariate analysis (p critical value .05) indicates that women were more likely to report protective behaviors than men, as were those over age 60. Respondents who self-identified as having low incomes, histories of criminal justice involvement, and Republican Party affiliation, were less likely to report four protective behaviors, though Republicans and individuals with criminal justice histories were more likely to report having received COVID-19 testing. The majority of Americans engaged in COVID-19 protective behaviors, with low-income Americans, those with histories of criminal justice involvement, and self-identified Republicans less likely to engage in these preventive behaviors. Culturally competent public health messaging and interventions might focus on these latter groups to prevent future infections. These findings will remain highly relevant even with vaccines widely available, given the complementarities between vaccines and protective behaviors, as well as the many challenges in delivering vaccines.
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author John A Schneider
Bruce G Taylor
Anna L Hotton
Phoebe A Lamuda
Jonathan Ozik
Qinyun Lin
Elizabeth Flanagan
Mai Tuyet Pho
Marynia Kolak
Russell Brewer
Jade Pagkas-Bather
Harold A Pollack
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Bruce G Taylor
Anna L Hotton
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Jonathan Ozik
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title National variability in Americans' COVID-19 protective behaviors: Implications for vaccine roll-out.
title_short National variability in Americans' COVID-19 protective behaviors: Implications for vaccine roll-out.
title_full National variability in Americans' COVID-19 protective behaviors: Implications for vaccine roll-out.
title_fullStr National variability in Americans' COVID-19 protective behaviors: Implications for vaccine roll-out.
title_full_unstemmed National variability in Americans' COVID-19 protective behaviors: Implications for vaccine roll-out.
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