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Expectations of citizens from the government in response to COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran
BACKGROUND: The government is the main body in charge of controlling epidemics; hence, expectations from the intention and capacities of the government would affect the flexibility and behaviors of citizens. Given the severity of COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent need for cooperation of people in the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8027969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33832471 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10722-y |
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author | Zarei, Leila Shahabi, Saeed Sadati, Ahmad Kalateh Tabrizi, Reza Heydari, Seyed Taghi Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri |
author_facet | Zarei, Leila Shahabi, Saeed Sadati, Ahmad Kalateh Tabrizi, Reza Heydari, Seyed Taghi Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri |
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description | BACKGROUND: The government is the main body in charge of controlling epidemics; hence, expectations from the intention and capacities of the government would affect the flexibility and behaviors of citizens. Given the severity of COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent need for cooperation of people in the prevention and combat processes, understanding the public perspectives would be crucial and instructive. This study aimed to explore such perspectives towards the current pandemic among the Iranian. Indeed, we sought to provide a favorable platform for effective policies in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic through recognizing public expectations. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey used an open-ended online questionnaire to investigate the common perspectives of the Iranian towards the response of government to COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were selected using snowball and convenient sampling techniques across the country. The collected data were analyzed and described using a thematic analysis. RESULTS: In general, 2547 participants agreed to participate in this study and completed the online questionnaire. According to the findings, the Iranian exhibited several expectations regarding the response of the government to COVID-19 pandemic. Three main themes were extracted based on these expectations: (1) health-related expectations, (2) policy-related expectations, and (3) Information-related expectations. In this study, a majority of participants highlighted the need to consider and follow-up the patients and their families, providing the financial and hygiene support during the pandemic, applying strict restrictions, and using close monitoring and controlling procedures. Furthermore, they mentioned that authorities and news agencies should observe the principals honesty and transparency. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings revealed that people expect the government and other responsible institutions to minimize the burden of this pandemic through adopting effective policies. Also, they could help policy-makers become aware of the expectations of people and develop better strategies. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-10722-y. |
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spelling | pubmed-80279692021-04-08 Expectations of citizens from the government in response to COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran Zarei, Leila Shahabi, Saeed Sadati, Ahmad Kalateh Tabrizi, Reza Heydari, Seyed Taghi Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: The government is the main body in charge of controlling epidemics; hence, expectations from the intention and capacities of the government would affect the flexibility and behaviors of citizens. Given the severity of COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent need for cooperation of people in the prevention and combat processes, understanding the public perspectives would be crucial and instructive. This study aimed to explore such perspectives towards the current pandemic among the Iranian. Indeed, we sought to provide a favorable platform for effective policies in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic through recognizing public expectations. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey used an open-ended online questionnaire to investigate the common perspectives of the Iranian towards the response of government to COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were selected using snowball and convenient sampling techniques across the country. The collected data were analyzed and described using a thematic analysis. RESULTS: In general, 2547 participants agreed to participate in this study and completed the online questionnaire. According to the findings, the Iranian exhibited several expectations regarding the response of the government to COVID-19 pandemic. Three main themes were extracted based on these expectations: (1) health-related expectations, (2) policy-related expectations, and (3) Information-related expectations. In this study, a majority of participants highlighted the need to consider and follow-up the patients and their families, providing the financial and hygiene support during the pandemic, applying strict restrictions, and using close monitoring and controlling procedures. Furthermore, they mentioned that authorities and news agencies should observe the principals honesty and transparency. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings revealed that people expect the government and other responsible institutions to minimize the burden of this pandemic through adopting effective policies. Also, they could help policy-makers become aware of the expectations of people and develop better strategies. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-10722-y. BioMed Central 2021-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8027969/ /pubmed/33832471 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10722-y Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zarei, Leila Shahabi, Saeed Sadati, Ahmad Kalateh Tabrizi, Reza Heydari, Seyed Taghi Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri Expectations of citizens from the government in response to COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran |
title | Expectations of citizens from the government in response to COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran |
title_full | Expectations of citizens from the government in response to COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran |
title_fullStr | Expectations of citizens from the government in response to COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Expectations of citizens from the government in response to COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran |
title_short | Expectations of citizens from the government in response to COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran |
title_sort | expectations of citizens from the government in response to covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in iran |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8027969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33832471 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10722-y |
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