Development of an intervention to reduce transmission of respiratory infections and pandemic flu: Measuring and predicting hand-washing intentions

Abstract

This was an exploratory pilot study forming part of a programme of work to develop and trial an effective web-based intervention to reduce the risk of transmission of respiratory infections by promoting hand-washing and other preventive behaviours in pandemic and non-pandemic contexts. The main purpose of this study was to confirm that the behavioural determinants we had identified from theory were related as predicted to intentions, and to establish the validity of our measures of behavioural intentions.Participants (N = 84) completed a self-report web-delivered questionnaire measuring intentions to engage in hand-washing and the hypothesised behavioural determinants of intentions, based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Protection Motivation Theory. In a factorial 2X2 design half the participants were first

Using an Analysis of Behavior Change to Inform Effective Digital Intervention Design: How Did the PRIMIT Website Change Hand Hygiene Behavior Across 8993 Users?

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Knowledge and Beliefs towards Universal Safety Precautions to flatten the curve during Novel Coronavirus Disease (nCOVID-19) Pandemic among general Public in India: Explorations from a National Perspective

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Evaluating reproductive decisions as discrete choices under social influence

“…Often people make decisions based on emotions or hearsay. If our null hypothesis is to assume that individuals make decisions with clarity of pay-offs interpreted through an evolved psychological utility function, then departures from that null should include decisions made without clarity of pay-off or through social influence, which may underlie substantial intercommunity variation in social norms and perceived costs and benefits [48]. Classic studies of social conformity [49], as well as more recent experiments [50,51], confirm that social interaction can substantially undermine the independence of the judgements of participants.…”