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Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted United States residents. Prevention behaviors are critical to minimizing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S., to ultimately reduce the health, social, and economic burdens of COVID-19. Yet, health behavior decision-making is com...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7795406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33383745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010180 |
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author | Anderson, Katherine M. Stockman, Jamila K. |
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description | The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted United States residents. Prevention behaviors are critical to minimizing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S., to ultimately reduce the health, social, and economic burdens of COVID-19. Yet, health behavior decision-making is complex, and uptake of preventative behaviors has been variable. Women may provide pro-prevention behavior modeling to their networks, facilitating uptake diffusion. The COPE Study enrolled 491 women residing in the United States from May to June of 2020; women completed an online survey of COVID-19 experiences and prevention behaviors. We employed binary logistic modeling to identify factors predicting women’s practice of (1) staying home except for essential activities, (2) physical distancing in public, and (3) wearing a face mask in public. Findings demonstrate that women’s prevention behaviors are influenced by multilevel factors. Women living in urban environments, having minimal formal education, or having a household annual income of USD 30,000–50,000 are less likely to practice prevention behaviors. Cultural context may be an important factor in the decision-making process. Results aid in the identification what interventional “levers” may warrant consideration to promote uptake of such behaviors, and whom to engage. Because women are modelers of behavior, it is critical to engage them in prevention behavior interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-77954062021-01-10 Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study Anderson, Katherine M. Stockman, Jamila K. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly impacted United States residents. Prevention behaviors are critical to minimizing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S., to ultimately reduce the health, social, and economic burdens of COVID-19. Yet, health behavior decision-making is complex, and uptake of preventative behaviors has been variable. Women may provide pro-prevention behavior modeling to their networks, facilitating uptake diffusion. The COPE Study enrolled 491 women residing in the United States from May to June of 2020; women completed an online survey of COVID-19 experiences and prevention behaviors. We employed binary logistic modeling to identify factors predicting women’s practice of (1) staying home except for essential activities, (2) physical distancing in public, and (3) wearing a face mask in public. Findings demonstrate that women’s prevention behaviors are influenced by multilevel factors. Women living in urban environments, having minimal formal education, or having a household annual income of USD 30,000–50,000 are less likely to practice prevention behaviors. Cultural context may be an important factor in the decision-making process. Results aid in the identification what interventional “levers” may warrant consideration to promote uptake of such behaviors, and whom to engage. Because women are modelers of behavior, it is critical to engage them in prevention behavior interventions. MDPI 2020-12-29 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7795406/ /pubmed/33383745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010180 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Anderson, Katherine M. Stockman, Jamila K. Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study |
title | Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study |
title_full | Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study |
title_fullStr | Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study |
title_short | Staying Home, Distancing, and Face Masks: COVID-19 Prevention among U.S. Women in The COPE Study |
title_sort | staying home, distancing, and face masks: covid-19 prevention among u.s. women in the cope study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7795406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33383745 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010180 |
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