Perception of the Effectiveness of Health-Related Campaigns among the Adult Population: An Analysis of Determinants

Duplaga, Mariusz

doi:10.3390/ijerph16050791

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“…This is not surprising but also highlights the need to ensure that trust and satisfaction are maintained to sustain adherence to government interventions [ 15 ]. This, coupled with the perception of the effectiveness of COVID-19 preventive measures, should be integrated within the COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement, especially for the men who reported lower satisfaction and adherence levels compared to the women [ 15 , 16 ]. Men generally have more challenges, poorer health-seeking behaviors, and less contact with the healthcare system [ 17 ].…”

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Level and Determinants of Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures in the First Stage of the Outbreak in Uganda

Amodan¹,

Bulage²,

Katana³

et al. 2020

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We conducted an online survey in the first two months of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in Uganda to assess the level and determinants of adherence to and satisfaction with the COVID-19 preventive measures recommended by the government. We generated Likert scales for adherence and satisfaction outcome variables and measured them with four preventive measures, including handwashing, wearing face masks, physical distancing, and coughing/sneezing hygiene. Of 1726 respondents (mean age: 36 years; range: 12–72), 59% were males, 495 (29%) were adherent to, and 545 (32%) were extremely satisfied with all four preventive measures. Adherence to all four measures was associated with living in Kampala City Centre (AOR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1–2.6) and receiving COVID-19 information from health workers (AOR: 1.2, 95% CI: 1.01–1.5) or village leaders (AOR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.02–1.9). Persons who lived with younger siblings had reduced odds of adherence to all four measures (AOR: 0.75, 95% CI: 0.61–0.93). Extreme satisfaction with all four measures was associated with being female (AOR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1–1.6) and health worker (AOR: 1.2, 95% CI: 1.0–1.5). Experiencing violence at home (AOR: 0.25, 95% CI: 0.09–0.67) was associated with lower satisfaction. Following reported poor adherence and satisfaction with preventive measures, behavior change programs using health workers should be expanded throughout, with emphasis on men.

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Level and Determinants of Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures in the First Stage of the Outbreak in Uganda

Amodan¹,

Bulage²,

Katana³

et al. 2020

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“…providing daily updates on COVID-19 surveillance on Twitter only without any official database, which can be automatically collected by epidemiologists). Thus, due to the known and empirically confirmed during current outbreak in Poland (31) mechanism of stability seeking in the general population, the authority of the Minister of Health could be better communicated in risk perception management (32).…”

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Trends in Perception of COVID-19 in Polish Internet

Jarynowski

Wójta-Kempa

Belik

2020

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INTRODUCTION:Due to the spread of SARS CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19 disease, there is an urgent need to analyse COVID-2019 epidemic perception in Poland. This study aims to investigate social perception of coronavirus in the Internet media during the epidemic. It is a signal report highlighting the main issues in public perception and medical commutation in real time. METHODS:We study the perception of COVID-2019 epidemic in Polish society using quantitative analysis of its digital footprints on the Internet on platforms: Google, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia and electronic media represented by Event Registry, from January 2020 to 29.04.2020 (before and after official introduction to Poland on 04.03.20). We present trend analysis with a support of natural language processing techniques. RESULTS:We identified seven temporal major clusters of interest on the topic COVID-2019: 1) Chinese, 2) Italian, 3) Waiting, 4) Mitigations, 5) Social distancing and Lockdown, 6) Anti-crisis shield, 7) Restrictions releasing. There was an exponential increase of interest when the Polish government "declared war against disease" around 11/12.03.20 with a massive mitigation program. Later on, there was a decay in interest with additional phases related to social distancing and an anti-crisis legislation act with local peaks. We have found that declarations of mitigation strategies by the Polish prime minister or the minister of health gathered the highest attention of Internet users. So enacted or in force events do not affect interest to such extent. Traditional news agencies were ahead of social media (mainly Twitter) in dissemination of information. We have observed very weak or even negative correlations between a colloquial searching term 'antiviral mask' in Google, encyclopaedic definition in Wikipedia "SARS-CoV-2" as well official incidence series, implying different mechanisms governing the search for knowledge, panic related behaviour and actual risk of acquiring infection. CONCLUSIONS:Traditional and social media do not only reflect reality, but also create it. Risk perception in Poland is unrelated to actual physical risk of acquiring COVID-19. As traditional media are ahead of social media in time, we advise to choose traditional news media for a quick dissemination of information, however for a greater impact, social media should be used. Otherwise public information campaigns might have less impact on society than expected.

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“…In this study, more women attended the campaign. The trend to have more women could be due to the greater health consciousness of women regarding self-care (Duplaga, 2019). Duplaga M et al…”

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Engaging students in experiential learning through a public health campaign: a pre–post survey on hypertension and diabetes mellitus

Yeong

Kon

Ong

et al. 2021

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PurposeThis study looked at the impact of a community-based public health campaign on hypertension and diabetes mellitus awareness and prevention, as well as student experiential learning in a campaign conducted by pharmacy students.Design/methodology/approachA convenience sampling cross-sectional pre–post survey was done to assess disease awareness and knowledge among those who attended the health campaign. The data analysis includes a total of 230 participants with complete data. After the campaign, the pharmacy students used self-assessment to reflect their learning experience.FindingsMost participants were unaware of their blood pressure and blood glucose readings, but they reported improved awareness of diseases and prevention of hypertension and diabetes after the health campaign. Although most participants correctly identified the common signs and symptoms of hypertension, few could associate it with overweight. Most participants were unaware of the 5 g per day salt intake limit for controlling hypertension before the campaign. Most participants were less aware that diabetes is associated with impaired vision, peripheral neuropathy, renal and heart diseases. Students expressed increased confidence in leadership, teamwork and communication abilities after the campaign based on self-assessment.Practical implicationsA health campaign enhances the disease knowledge of the general public. It has been suggested that experiential learning be encouraged in the pharmacy curriculum.Originality/valueThis study adds to the knowledge on the roles of community-based health campaigns and the value of pharmacy students’ involvement in experiential learning.

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Perception of the Effectiveness of Health-Related Campaigns among the Adult Population: An Analysis of Determinants

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

Level and Determinants of Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures in the First Stage of the Outbreak in Uganda

Level and Determinants of Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures in the First Stage of the Outbreak in Uganda

Trends in Perception of COVID-19 in Polish Internet

Engaging students in experiential learning through a public health campaign: a pre–post survey on hypertension and diabetes mellitus

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