Predictors of mask-wearing during the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from South Africa.

ABSTRACT: In the absence of a vaccine, the global spread of COVID-19 during 2020 has necessitated non-pharmaceutical interventions to curb the rise of cases. The article uses the health belief model and a novel rapid mobile survey to examine correlates of reported mask-wearing as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in South Africa between May and August 2020. Two-way tabulations and multivariable analysis via logistic regression modeling describe correlations between reported mask-wearing and factors of interest among a sample of 7074 adults in a two-period national longitudinal survey, the National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM). In line with the health belief model, results showed that self-efficacy, the prevalence of others' mask-wearing in the same district, and

SUBMITTER: Burger R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8690224 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature