Public Preferences for Social Distancing Policy Measures to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Missouri.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Policies to promote social distancing can minimize COVID-19 transmission but come with substantial social and economic costs. Quantifying relative preferences among the public for such practices can inform locally relevant policy prioritization and optimize uptake.

Objective

To evaluate relative utilities (ie, preferences) for COVID-19 pandemic social distancing strategies against the hypothetical risk of acquiring COVID-19 and anticipated income loss.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study recruited individuals living in the Missouri area from May to June 2020 via randomly distributed unincentivized social media advertisements and local recruitment platforms for members of minority racial and ethnic groups. Participants answered 6 questions th

SUBMITTER: Eshun-Wilson I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267603 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature