A qualitative study examining young peoples' perceptions and adherence to COVID-19 public health guidelines in Ireland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public health measures are the main intervention to stop the spread of COVID-19. They rely on the adherence to everyday health behaviors, and depend on those at high and low personal risk of serious disease to comply. Young people are crucial to stemming community transmission, and are often living in shared housing and at a stage of their lives with more economic uncertainty than older groups. Public health messaging has relied on the mantra that we are 'in it together,' despite very diverse experiences of the pandemic across different groups. The central aim of this research is to understand and optimize young peoples' engagement with public health guidelines with the view to improve future adherence with public health initiatives.

Method

Twelve young people wer

SUBMITTER: Breslin TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523624 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature