Determinants of Citizens' Intention to Participate in Self-Led Contact Tracing: Cross-Sectional Online Questionnaire Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Contact tracing (CT) is a key intervention to contain outbreaks of communicable diseases. During large-scale outbreaks, public health services may lack the resources required to perform CT effectively. One way of mitigating this issue is to shift some of the tasks in CT normally performed by public health services to cases and their contacts, supported by digital tools. We refer to this as "self-led CT." However, while the effectiveness of the self-led CT inherently depends on the willingness and skills of citizens to participate, the determinants of citizens' intention to participate in self-led CT are not yet fully understood.

Objective

We aimed to identify determinants of Dutch citizens' intention to participate in self-led CT and assess their potential for beh

SUBMITTER: Helms YB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11561431 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature