Uncovering people’s mask-saving intentions and behaviors in the post-COVID-19 period: Evidence from China

Si, Hongyun; Shen, Lin; Li, Wenchao; Wu, Guangdong

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102626

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“…One possible reason for this observation was that people believed that the current social environment was good and that the infection risk was relatively low. However, considering that the epidemic had not completely disappeared and that it may occur again, people had not completely eliminated their worries, anxiety, or panic about the pandemic and still maintained a certain level of risk perception [ 62 ]. Therefore, better social emotion had no significant impact on people’s risk perception.…”

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Factors influencing protective behavior in the post-COVID-19 period in China: a cross-sectional study

Shi

Zhong

et al. 2021

Environ Health Prev Med

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Background The study aimed to explore the factors influencing protective behavior and its association with factors during the post-COVID-19 period in China based on the risk perception emotion model and the protective action decision model (PADM). Methods A total of 2830 valid questionnaires were collected as data for empirical analysis via network sampling in China. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed to explore the relationships between the latent variables. Results SEM indicated that social emotion significantly positively affected protective behavior and intention. Protective behavioral intention had significant direct effects on protective behavior, and the direct effects were also the largest. Government trust did not have a significant effect on protective behavior but did have a significant indirect effect. Moreover, it was found that government trust had the greatest direct effect on social emotion. In addition, we found that excessive risk perception level may directly reduce people’s intention and frequency of engaging in protective behavior, which was not conducive to positive, protective behavior. Conclusion In the post-COVID-19 period, theoretical framework constructed in this study can be used to evaluate people’s protective behavior. The government should strengthen its information-sharing and interaction with the public, enhance people’s trust in the government, create a positive social mood, appropriately regulate people's risk perception, and, finally, maintain a positive attitude and intent of protection.

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Factors influencing protective behavior in the post-COVID-19 period in China: a cross-sectional study

Shi

Zhong

et al. 2021

Environ Health Prev Med

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“…Moreover, it can be sanitized and be reused leading to environmental benefits. Also, one-time use and throw masks create medical waste which is harmful from an environmental perspective ( Si, Shen, Liu, & Wu, 2021 ). So, more trials and studies of using face shields can help in better understanding its adaptation.…”

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Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review

Agarwal

Meena

Raj

et al. 2021

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Introduction The advent of COVID-19 has impinged millions of people. The increased concern of the virus spread in confined spaces due to meteorological factors has sequentially fostered the need to improve indoor air quality. Objective This paper aims to review control measures and preventive sustainable solutions for the future that can deliberately help in bringing down the impact of declined air quality and prevent future biological attacks from affecting the occupant’s health. Methodology Anontology chart is constructed based on the set objectives and review of all the possible measures to improve the indoor air quality taking into account the affecting parameters has been done. Observations An integrated approach considering non-pharmaceutical and engineering control measures together for a healthy indoor environment should be contemplated rather than discretizing the available solutions. Maintaining social distance by reducing occupant density and implementing a modified ventilation system with advance filters for decontamination of viral load can help in sustaining healthy indoor air quality. Conclusion The review paper in the main, provides a brief overview of all the improvement techniques bearing in mind thermal comfort and safety of occupants and looks for a common ground for all the technologies based on literature survey and offers recommendation for a sustainable future.

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“…As a result, a causal relationship could not be inferred. Moreover, there are many other face-mask-related issues that we have not discussed in this article, such as the reusing of masks [ 4 ] and face-mask-related adverse skin reactions [ 33 ]. In the future, it will be necessary to expand the scope of these related issues.…”

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“…However, in the post-pandemic period, people were less likely to engage in the preventive behaviors that they performed during the pandemic. A Chinese research indicated that respondents reported a reduction in use and repeated uses of masks in the post-COVID-19 period [ 4 ], and a research study also reported that the proportion of people wearing masks dropped from 74.3% in March 2003 to 39.1%, when SARS was ending three months after in Hong Kong [ 5 ].…”

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Would Older Adults Perform Preventive Practices in the Post-COVID-19 Era? A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey in China

Chen

Wang

Yun

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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During the post-COVID-19 era, preventive practices, such as washing hands and wearing a mask, remain key measures for controlling the spread of infection for older adults. This study investigated the status of preventive practices among older adults and identified the related influencing factors. Participants who were ≥60 years old were recruited nationwide. Data were collected through self-designed questionnaires, including demographic variables, knowledge, perceived vulnerability, response efficacy, anxiety and preventive practices. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were performed. Hierarchical logistic regression was conducted to determine the predictors. A total of 2996 participants completed this study. Of them, 2358 (78.7%) participants reported washing hands regularly in the last two weeks, and 1699 (56.7%) always wore masks outside this year. Knowledge (hand washing: OR = 1.09, p < 0.01; mask wearing: OR = 1.17, p < 0.01) and response efficacy (hand washing: OR = 1.61, p < 0.01; mask wearing: OR = 1.70, p < 0.01) were positively associated with preventive practices, whereas perceived vulnerability had a negative effect (hand washing: OR = 0.54, p < 0.01; mask wearing: OR = 0.72, p < 0.01). Knowledge, response efficacy and perceived vulnerability were found to be significant predictors of the preventive practice among older adults in the post-COVID-19 era. This study provides new insights into preventive suggestions after the peak of the pandemic and also has significant implications in improving the life quality of older adults.

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Uncovering people’s mask-saving intentions and behaviors in the post-COVID-19 period: Evidence from China

Cited by 48 publications

References 78 publications

Factors influencing protective behavior in the post-COVID-19 period in China: a cross-sectional study

Factors influencing protective behavior in the post-COVID-19 period in China: a cross-sectional study

Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review

Would Older Adults Perform Preventive Practices in the Post-COVID-19 Era? A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey in China

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