Comfort with and willingness to participate in COVID-19 contact tracing: The role of risk perceptions, trust, and political ideology.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Contact tracing (CT) can limit the spread of infectious diseases, however its effectiveness hinges on public participation. We evaluated perceptions of the financial and health risk posed by COVID-19 and trust in information about COVID-19 provided by the state health department that manages CT as predictors of comfort and willingness to comply with CT. We further examined the moderating effect of political ideology on these relationships.

Methods

We used structural equation modeling to test hypotheses in data from a cross-sectional survey completed by a representative sample of Michigan residents (N = 805) in 2020.

Results

Perceptions of the risk of COVID-19 to one's health (but not finances) was negatively related to comfort and willingness to participate

SUBMITTER: Van Fossen JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9233989 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature