People's perceptions of, willingness-to-take preventive remedies and their willingness-to-vaccinate during times of heightened health threats.

ABSTRACT: Pandemics, such as the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, represents a health threat to humans worldwide. During times of heightened health risks, the public's perceptions, and acceptance of evidence-based preventive measures, such as vaccines, is of high relevance. Moreover, people might seek other preventive remedies to protect themselves from getting infected (e.g., herbal remedies, nutritional supplements). A recent study on consumers' preference for naturalness showed that people put more weight on perceived naturalness of a preventive remedy compared to a curative one. This result was attributed to the increased focus on perceived effectiveness as opposed to perceived risk. This raises the question whether the current pandemic would shift people's perceptions from prevention to curing and

SUBMITTER: Bearth A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8809555 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature