Role of Trusted Sources and Behavioral Beliefs in Promoting Mitigation Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and in preparation for future public health crises, it is important to understand the relationship between individuals' health beliefs, including their trust in various sources of health information, and their engagement in mitigation behaviors.

Objective

We sought to identify relationships between trust in various sources of health information and the behavioral beliefs related to vaccination and mask wearing as well as to understand how behavioral beliefs related to vaccination differ by willingness to be vaccinated.

Methods

We conducted an online survey of 1034 adults in the United States and assessed their trust in federal, local, and media sources of health information; their beliefs about vaccination; and their mas

SUBMITTER: Hanson BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285667 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature