Risky business: A mixed methods study of decision-making regarding COVID-19 risk at a public university in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Until vaccines became available in late 2020, our ability to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within countries depended largely on voluntary adherence to mitigation measures. However, individual decision-making regarding acceptable COVID-19 risk is complex. To better understand decision-making regarding COVID-19 risk, we conducted a qualitative substudy within a larger Berkeley COVID-19 Safe Campus Initiative (BCSCI) during the summer of 2020, and completed a mixed-methods analysis of factors influencing decision-making.

Materials and methods

We interviewed 20 participants who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and 10 who remained negative, and analyzed quantitative survey data from 3,324 BCSCI participants. The BCSCI study enrolled university-affiliated people living

SUBMITTER: Facente SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9372553 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature