Betsch, Cornelia
Colizza, Vittoria
Valle, Sara del
Ihekweazu, Chikwe
Troncoso, Carmela
2020-10-14T14:07:05Z
2020-10-14T14:07:05Z
2020
2041-1723
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18056-w
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/14449
How were you involved with COVID-19 response?
C.B.: When there were 17 confirmed COVID-19 cases in
Germany in late February, we started preparing a weekly COVID19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)1. COSMO went online one
week later when we had 159 cases. Reducing transmissions of
COVID-19 requires large-scale behavioural change. Knowledge
about the determinants of behaviour is a crucial lever to instigate
and maintain behavioural change2. Thus, we assessed people’s
risk perceptions, trust in government and science, knowledge,
acceptance of measures, psychological strain and mental health
aspects of the outbreak. Currently, we have surveyed almost
16,000 participants, approximately 1000 per week. The results are
published on a website (www.corona-monitor.de3) and the government and other relevant stakeholders receive additional policy
briefs. We cooperated with the World Health Organization’s
Regional Office for Europe who adapted the study protocol4, and
approximately 40 countries intended to employ similar study
protocols to deliver evidence about the psychological aspects of
this crisis. In Germany, this assessment allowed identifying
groups with special needs, such as families with children under 14
years of age, and provided feedback about the uptake of newly
recommended behaviours, such as mask wearing.
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Pandemic
A vision for actionable science in a pandemic
Artículo
Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18056-w
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