Exploring the Impacts of Preventative Health Behaviors with Respect to COVID-19: An Altruistic Perspective

Luo, Yi Fang; Yang, Shu Ching; Hung, Shih-Chieh; Chou, Kun-Yi

doi:10.3390/ijerph19137573

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“…A possible explanation for the limitation to teachers’ self-protection reasons for wearing a mask (both one’s wearing and expecting others to wear a mask) is provided by the literature on motives for health behaviors showing that “anxiety encourages individuals to seek safety-promoting behaviors to protect themselves” ([ 47 ] p. 3; [ 48 ]), but can promote altruism when the outcome of a specific self-protecting behavior has a beneficial impact on future interactions with individuals profiting from these actions [ 49 ].…”

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Pandemic Education—Insights into Teachers’ Perceptions of Hygiene Measures in Schools Due to COVID-19

Woltran

Lindner

Schwab

2023

IJERPH

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To prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and protect the health of school staff and students, Austrian education policymakers introduced several hygiene measures that posed new challenges for teachers. The current paper focuses on teachers’ perceptions of hygiene measures in schools during the 2021–2022 school year. In Study 1, 1372 Austrian teachers participated in an online survey at the end of 2021. In Study 2, five teachers participated in an in-depth qualitative interview study. The quantitative results show that half the teachers felt a strong burden from the COVID-19 tests, but that the tests worked better when teachers had more teaching experience. Elementary and secondary school teachers, unlike special education teachers, had fewer problems implementing COVID-19 testing. The qualitative results suggest that teachers needed an acclimatization period for previously unfamiliar tasks, such as COVID-19 testing, to become accustomed to this newly implemented measure. Additionally, wearing facemasks was only evaluated positively in the context of self-serving strategies, while the protection of student health was not considered. In summary, the current study calls attention to the particular vulnerability of teachers and provides insights into the reality of schools in times of crisis that could be particularly helpful to education policymakers.

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Pandemic Education—Insights into Teachers’ Perceptions of Hygiene Measures in Schools Due to COVID-19

Woltran

Lindner

Schwab

2023

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“…However, the public gainframed message was not associated with any outcome variable. This message was intended to appeal to people's altruism because several studies have indicated that altruistic motivation may promote healthy behaviors [34][35][36]. However, with regard to social participation, altruism could not be a motivation.…”

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Message framing effects on attitude and intention toward social participation in old age

Murayama,

Sasaki,

Takahashi

et al. 2023

BMC Public Health

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Background Message framing is frequently used to advocate health perceptions and behaviors. The effects of message framing on various health behaviors have been examined; however, its effects on social participation, a key determinant of healthy aging, are unclear. This study investigated the effects of message framing on older adults’ attitudes and intentions toward social participation. Methods A questionnaire survey conducted in 2020 targeted community-dwelling people aged ≥ 65 years in two rural areas in Japan. Participants were randomly allocated to four groups according to the types of framed messages to promote social participation activities: “private gain-framed message,” “private loss-framed message,” “public gain-framed message,” or “no message.” Outcomes included attitudes and intentions toward social participation (impression, interest, and readiness for social participation activities). Results A total of 1,524 participants were analyzed (men: 46.3%; average age: 75.7 ± 7.9 years). Ordinal logistic regression analyses of individuals who engaged in any social participation activity showed no significant intergroup difference in the outcomes after adjusting for potential covariates. Among people who did not engage in any activity, the private loss-framed message was associated with a more favorable impression and higher interest and readiness than no message. The private gain-framed message was related to a higher interest in social participation. Conclusions Private loss-framed messages are possibly most effective in reinforcing attitudes and intentions toward social participation, particularly among individuals without social participation experience. These findings highlight the possibility of using a message-framing approach to promote social participation in older adults.

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Preventive health behaviour differences across racial groups during the early stages of COVID-19

Mitchell,

Li,

Decker

et al. 2024

Journal of Infection Prevention

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Background Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the practice of preventative health behaviours had been used disparately across different racial groups. This study seeks to identify any differences in preventative health behaviours across racial groups, controlling for other socio-demographic factors. Methods A US national survey study was electronically conducted from July through November 2020, to measure racial/ethnic differences in health preventive behaviours about COVID-19. We performed 2-part regression models to assess whether preventive health behaviours differed by race and ethnicity. Specifically, we employed generalized logistic regressions for investigating the predictors of the use of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM), or stay-at-home strategy, then performed ordinal logistic regression to examine the predictors of social distancing, face mask wearing, and hand hygiene strategy practice. Results The results show that non-White respondents were more likely to practice social distancing, mask wearing, and hand hygiene strategy to prevent COVID-19, compared to their White counterparts. Additionally, the findings indicate that individuals who experienced COVID-19-related racial abuse or depression had a higher likelihood of practicing preventive health behaviours. Discussion We found ethnicity can be a predictor of health preventive behaviours, in accordance with previous research. The causes of these disparities will require further investigation in order to be addressed.

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Exploring the Impacts of Preventative Health Behaviors with Respect to COVID-19: An Altruistic Perspective

Cited by 3 publications

References 58 publications

Pandemic Education—Insights into Teachers’ Perceptions of Hygiene Measures in Schools Due to COVID-19

Pandemic Education—Insights into Teachers’ Perceptions of Hygiene Measures in Schools Due to COVID-19

Message framing effects on attitude and intention toward social participation in old age

Preventive health behaviour differences across racial groups during the early stages of COVID-19

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