About: The North American Layman's Understanding of COVID-19: Are We Doing Enough?

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has title	The North American Layman's Understanding of COVID-19: Are We Doing Enough?
Creator	Caron, Rosemary Smith, Lee Diab, Nermin Elhawary, Hassan Estrada-Martinez, Lorena Salimi, Ali Trapido, Edward
Source	Medline; PMC
abstract	Background: In the absence of an effective vaccine, public health policies are aimed at awareness, and education of the general public in order to contain the quickly spreading COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the recommended precautionary measures are dependent on human behaviors and therefore their effectiveness largely depends on peoples' perception and attitudes toward the disease. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge, risk perception, and precautionary measures taken in response to COVID-19 in North America. Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, an online survey targeted to North Americans focused on the public's knowledge of COVID-19, risk perception, and precautionary behaviors taken in response to this pandemic. Descriptive analyses were performed for the whole population and the subgroup analyses contrasted the differences between Americans and Canadians. Results: The cohort comprised 1,264 relatively young participants with an average age of 28.6 ± 9.8 years. The vast majority (>90%) were knowledgeable about COVID-19. Regarding risk perception, about a quarter assumed to be at less risk to contract the disease, and 42.8% considered themselves to be less contagious than others. While the vast majority avoided performing risky behaviors, only a small proportion (13.2%) wore a face mask—which is in line with the public health recommendations of the two countries at the time of data collection. Overall, a larger proportion of Canadian participants (55.8%) were satisfied with the performance of their national public health in response to the current pandemic, compared to their American counterparts (12.2%). Discussion: Data regarding the public's knowledge of COVID-19, risk perception, and behaviors in response to this pandemic is limited. The results of this study highlight that this relatively young and educated sample of North Americans had a high level of knowledge about COVID-19 and a large proportion of them were taking the precautionary measures against this pandemic. However, a significant number of individuals believe to be at less risk of contracting the disease compared to the general population. Educating the public that no one is safe from this disease, could play a role in further limiting risky behaviors and ultimately facilitating disease containment.
has issue date	2020-07-03(xsd:dateTime)
bibo:doi	10.3389/fpubh.2020.00358
bibo:pmid	32719768
has license	cc-by
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schema:url	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00358
resource representing a document's title	The North American Layman's Understanding of COVID-19: Are We Doing Enough?
has PubMed Central identifier	PMC7349001
has PubMed identifier	32719768
schema:publication	Front Public Health
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