COVID-19 information and self-protective behaviors among rural communities in tropical forests.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health risk communication plays a key role in promoting self-protective measures, which are critical in suppressing COVID-19 contagion. Relatively little is known about the communication channels used by rural poor populations to learn novel measures and their effectiveness in promoting self-protective behaviors. Behavioral change can be shaped by people's trust in government institutions which may be differentiated by social identity, including indigeneity.

Methods

During an early phase of the pandemic, we conducted two telephone surveys with over 460 communities - both Indigenous and mestizo - without road access and limited communication access in the Peruvian Amazon. This is the first report on the association of information sources about self-protective measu

SUBMITTER: Takasaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9299405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature