Exploring the Effect of Collective Cultural Attributes on Covid-19-Related Public Health Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Infections and deaths associated with COVID-19 show a high degree of heterogeneity across different populations. A thorough understanding of population-level predictors of such outcomes is crucial for devising better-targeted and more appropriate public health preparedness measures. While demographic, economic, and health-system capacity have featured prominently in recent work, cultural, and behavioral characteristics have largely been overlooked. However, cultural differences shape both the public policy response and individuals' behavioral responses to the crisis in ways that can impact infection dynamics and key health outcomes. To address this gap, we used meta-analytic methods to explore the global variability of three public health outcomes (i.e., crude test positivity, case/infecti

SUBMITTER: Erman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8021731 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature