scholarly journals Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: Engagement with Public Health, Risk Perception, and Risk Mitigation

Oceanography ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 46-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burton Singer ◽  
Stephen Sempier
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Public Health Risk ◽  
Research Initiative ◽  
Health Risk Perception

Health Risk Perception and Risk Communication

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralf Schmälzle ◽  
Britta Renner ◽  
Harald T. Schupp
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Protective Action ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Personal Risk ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Health Risk Perception

Risk perceptions are a prerequisite for protective action. Both scientists and practitioners need to understand the multifaceted nature of health risk perception and risk communication. This article reviews insights from psychophysiological research, with a focus on neuroscientific approaches that examine the biological basis of risk perception in the brain and capture the brain response to health and risk messages. Specifically, we discuss the key role of intuitive processes for personal risk perception and the difference between absolute and comparative risk. We then describe the relationship between risk perception and health behavior change and present recent work that measures responses to health prevention messages. Finally, we discuss implications for translation to public health policy and point to needs for future research. A better understanding of the biological roots of personal risk perception and how these can be addressed via risk communication informs policymakers in designing effective public health interventions.

scholarly journals Investigating the Links Between Vaccination Against COVID-19 and Public Attitudes Toward Protective Countermeasures: Implications for Public Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruishi Si ◽  
Yumeng Yao ◽  
Xueqian Zhang ◽  
Qian Lu ◽  
Noshaba Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Hand Washing ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health Risk Perception

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is spreading globally at an unprecedented rate. To protect the world against this devastating catastrophe, vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 have been produced following consistent clinical trials. However, the durability of a protective immune response due to vaccination has not been confirmed. Moreover, COVID-19 vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 is not 100% guaranteed, as new variants arise due to mutations. Consequently, health officials are pleading with the public to take extra precautions against the virus and continue wearing masks, wash hands, and observe physical distancing even after vaccination. The current research collected data from 4,540 participants (1,825 vaccinated and 2,715 not vaccinated) in China to analyze this phenomenon empirically. The propensity score matching (PSM) model is employed to analyze the impact of vaccination against COVID-19 on participants' attitudes toward protective countermeasures. The findings showed that gender, age, education level, occupation risk, individual health risk perception, public health risk perception, social responsibility, peer effect, and government supervision are the main drivers for participants to be vaccinated with COVID-19's vaccines. The results further show that vaccination lessened participants' frequency of hand washing by 1.75 times and their compliance frequency intensity of observing physical distancing by 1.24 times. However, the rate of mask-wearing did not reduce significantly, implying that China's main countermeasure of effective mask-wearing effectively controls COVID-19. Moreover, the findings indicate that a reduction in the frequency of hand washing and observing physical distance could cause a resurgence of COVID-19. In conclusion, factors leading to the eradication of SARS-CoV-2 from the world are complex to be achieved, so the exploration of COVID-19 vaccination and people's attitude toward protective countermeasures may provide insights for policymakers to encourage vaccinated people to follow protective health measures and help in completely defeating the COVID-19 from the globe.

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