Academic Journal
Mortality risk information and health-seeking behavior during an epidemic
| العنوان: | Mortality risk information and health-seeking behavior during an epidemic |
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| المؤلفون: | Purcell, Helene, Kohler, Iliana V., Ciancio, Alberto, Mwera, James, Delavande, Adeline, Mwapasa, Victor, Kohler, Hans-Peter |
| بيانات النشر: | National Academy of Sciences |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications |
| الوصف: | In a context where pessimistic survival perceptions have been widespread as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic (Fig. 1 A), we study vaccine uptake and other health behaviors during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Leveraging a longitudinal cohort study in rural Malawi that has been followed for up to 25 y, we document that a 2017 mortality risk information intervention designed to reduce pessimistic mortality perceptions (Fig. 1 B) resulted in improved health behavior, including COVID-19 vaccine uptake (Fig. 1 C). We also report indirect effects for siblings and household members. This was likely the result of a reinforcing process where the intervention triggered engagement with the healthcare system and stronger beliefs in the efficacy of modern biomedical treatments, which led to the adoption of health risk reduction behavior, including vaccine uptake. Our findings suggest that health information interventions focused on survival perceptions can be useful in promoting health behavior and participation in the formal healthcare system, even during health crises—such as the COVID-19 pandemic—that are unanticipated at the time of the intervention. We also note the importance of the intervention design, where establishing rapport, tailoring the content to the local context, and spending time with respondents to convey the information contributed to the salience of the message. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/329307/1/329307.pdf; Purcell, H., Kohler, I. V., Ciancio, A. , Mwera, J., Delavande, A., Mwapasa, V. and Kohler, H.-P. (2024) Mortality risk information and health-seeking behavior during an epidemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 121(28), e231567712. (doi:10.1073/pnas.2315677121 ) (PMID:38959039) |
| الاتاحة: | https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/329307/ https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/329307/1/329307.pdf |
| Rights: | cc_by_nc_nd_4 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.D242DE64 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |