Unraveling the effects of the Ebola experience on behavior choices during COVID-19 in Liberia: a mixed-methods study across successive outbreaks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of morbidity and mortality differentially affected populations. Between and within populations, behavior change was likewise heterogeneous. Factors influencing precautionary behavior adoption during COVID-19 have been associated with multidimensional aspects of risk perception; however, the influence of lived experiences during other recent outbreaks on behavior change during COVID-19 has been less studied.

Methods

To consider how the direct disease experience ("near misses") and behavior change during the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak may have impacted behavior change during the early waves of the COVID-19 outbreak in West Africa, we analyzed data from a mixed-methods study that included a phone-based su

SUBMITTER: Skrip LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11622887 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature