COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil: adherence to national preventive measures and impact on people’s lives, an online survey

Villela, Edlaine Faria de Moura; López, Rossana Verónica Mendoza; Sato, Ana Paula Sayuri; Oliveira, Fábio Morato de; Waldman, Eliseu Alves; Bergh, Rafaël Van den; Fodjo, Joseph Nelson Siewe; Colebunders, Robert

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10222-z

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“…Evidently, females were more likely to be willing to adhere to the protective measures against the disease. This finding was supported by several studies [ 14 - 18 ] which all agreed that females were more compliant to health-related guidelines than males. Intuitively, health educators should invest more effort in educating females who would, in turn, act as change agents influencing their social networks.…”

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Public willingness to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures in Sudan: an application of the Health Belief Model

2021

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Introduction coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Several public health and social protective measures that may prevent or slow down the transmission of COVID-19 were introduced. However, these measures are unfortunately being neglected or deliberately ignored by some individuals. Methods a cross sectional online based survey was conducted to identify possible factors influencing public willingness to adhere to precautionary measures and preventive guidelines against COVID-19 during the lockdown periods in Sudan. The questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data of study participants, their health beliefs and willingness regarding adherence to precautionary measures against COVID-19 based on the constructs of the Health Belief Model. Results a total of 680 respondents completed and returned the online questionnaire. Significant predictors of the willingness to adhere to the precautionary measures against COVID-19 were gender (β= 3.34, P<0.001), self-efficacy (β= 0.476, P<0.001), perceived benefits (β= 0.349, P<0.001) and perceived severity (β= 0.113, P=0.005). These factors explained 43% of the variance in respondents' willingness to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures. Participants who were female, confident in their ability to adhere to the protective measures when available, believing in the benefits of the protective measures against COVID-19 and perceiving that the disease could have serious consequences were more likely to be willing to adhere to the protective measures. Conclusion female respondents and respondents having higher self-efficacy, higher perceived benefits and higher perceived severity were more likely to be willing to adhere to the protective measures against COVID-19 in Sudan.

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Public willingness to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures in Sudan: an application of the Health Belief Model

2021

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“…Younger people, males, persons living in rural areas/villages or in densely populated or low-income neighborhoods, students, and workers often engage in less preventive behavior. 26…”

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Impact of long-term care facility size on preparedness and adherence to infection prevention and control guidance for the mitigation of COVID-19

Wachholz

Melo

Jacinto

et al. 2021

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Objectives: To evaluate the adherence of Brazilian long-term care facilities(LTCFs) to the World Health Organization(WHO) infection prevention and control(IPC) guidance, and examine its association with LTCF size. Methods: Cross-sectional study of LTCF managers. We classified adherence using a global adherence score as (1)excellent for LTCFs following ≥14 recommendations, (2)good for those following 10-13, and (3)poor for those following <10 recommendations. LTCF size was established as small, medium, and large according to a 2-step cluster analysis. We used descriptive statistics and chi-square tests at a 5% significance level. Results:308(85.1%) out of 362 facilities adhered to 14 or more recommendations. We found a lower adherence to screening visitors(p=0.037) and isolating patients until they have 2 negative laboratory tests(p=0.032) in larger facilities. Discussion: Preparedness for mitigating COVID-19 in Brazilian LTCFs was considered excellent for most recommendations, regardless of LTCF size. Maintaining a sufficient stock of materials, workforce management, and financial distress were the most prevalent difficulties.

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“…The engagement of the Brazilian population in such measures has always been below expectations 47 . A very relevant fact is that only 45.5% of Brazilians say they wear a face mask outside the home 48 . Our findings show that the possibility of an eventual resurgence of cases in 2022 should not be overlooked, even though the majority of the population has been vaccinated.…”

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A modelling study on the vaccination against COVID-19 in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Libotte

Anjos

Almeida

et al. 2021

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The long-awaited roll-out of vaccination programmes against COVID-19 from across the globe has fuelled hope for a reduction in the incidence of cases and deaths, as well as the resumption of economic and social activities. Despite being the most effective measure to mitigate the pandemic, especially in regions where non-pharmaceutical interventions had been ineffective, many people suffered from the lack of efforts by government officials to conduct vaccination. In Brazil, vaccination has always been cutting across party political and ideological lines, which have delayed the start of vaccination and brought the whole process into disrepute. Such disputes put the immunisation of the population in the background and create additional hurdles beyond the pandemic, mistrust and scepticism over vaccines. We conduct a mathematical modelling study to analyse the impacts of late vaccination and with slowly increasing coverage, as well as how harmful it would be if part of the population refused to get vaccinated or missed the second dose in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The general framework we propose can be extended to analyse the epidemic situation in any region. Our results indicate that if the start of vaccination had been 30 days earlier, combined with efforts to drive vaccination rates up, about 18,000 deaths could have been averted. Furthermore, the slow pace of vaccination and the low demand for the second dose could cause a resurgence of cases as early as 2022.

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COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil: adherence to national preventive measures and impact on people’s lives, an online survey

Cited by 63 publications

References 30 publications

Public willingness to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures in Sudan: an application of the Health Belief Model

Public willingness to adhere to COVID-19 precautionary measures in Sudan: an application of the Health Belief Model

Impact of long-term care facility size on preparedness and adherence to infection prevention and control guidance for the mitigation of COVID-19

A modelling study on the vaccination against COVID-19 in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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