2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144868
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People at Risk of Influenza Pandemics: The Evolution of Perception and Behavior

Abstract: Influenza pandemics can severely impact human health and society. Understanding public perception and behavior toward influenza pandemics is important for minimizing the effects of such events. Public perception and behavior are expected to change over the course of an influenza pandemic, but this idea has received little attention in previous studies. Our study aimed to understand the dynamics of public perception and behavior over the course of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Three consecutive cross-sectio… Show more

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“…The attitude of people about social distancing, quarantine, health protection, and essential supplies has been a matter for concern in the mental health fraternity (Banerjee, 2020). The difference in the attitude of people all over the world has brought simple ideas and concepts to test (Xu and Peng, 2015). There have been frequent violations of guidelines of the government and authorities like the WHO and the United Nations.…”
Section: Formation Of Attitudementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The attitude of people about social distancing, quarantine, health protection, and essential supplies has been a matter for concern in the mental health fraternity (Banerjee, 2020). The difference in the attitude of people all over the world has brought simple ideas and concepts to test (Xu and Peng, 2015). There have been frequent violations of guidelines of the government and authorities like the WHO and the United Nations.…”
Section: Formation Of Attitudementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is leading to the spread of the Pandemic and affected a major part of the world population. The previous pandemics of Ebola and H1N1 reported that with passing time and attitude of the people changed and more supportive and abiding behaviors were observed (Bults et al, 2011;van der Weerd et al, 2011;Xu and Peng, 2015). Mental health providers can play a crucial role in helping people in these distressing times (Banerjee, 2020).…”
Section: Formation Of Attitudementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The success of these measures is particularly critical in the case of COVID-19 due to its high transmissibility, even in the absence of symptoms (6,7), severity (4), and mortality rate, particular Published in Royal Society Open Science: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.200742 among older individuals (5). However, these protective measures rely largely on rapid changes in population behavior, which are dependent on individuals' ability to perceive risks associated with the virus and adapt their behavior accordingly (8).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is known as comparative optimism (Shepperd, Klein, Waters, Weinstein, 2013;Oganian, Heekeren, Korn, 2018). Applied to the current COVID-19 situation, individuals might naively believe that they are less likely to get infected and to infect others (Xu & Peng, 2015). It may also generalize to subjective beliefs about the ease of following best practice guidelines.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%