Author:
Barari Soubhik,Caria Stefano,Davola Antonio,Falco Paolo,Fetzer Thiemo,Fiorin Stefano,Hensel Lukas,Ivchenko Andriy,Jachimowicz Jon,King Gary,Kraft-Todd Gordon,Ledda Alice,MacLennan Mary,Mutoi Lucian,Pagani Claudio,Reutskaja Elena,Roth Christopher,Slepoi Federico Raimondi
Abstract
AbstractPurposeThe COVID-19 death-rate in Italy continues to climb, surpassing that in every other country. We implement one of the first nationally representative surveys about this unprecedented public health crisis and use it to evaluate the Italian government’ public health efforts and citizen responses.Findings(1) Public health messaging is being heard. Except for slightly lower compliance among young adults, all subgroups we studied understand how to keep themselves and others safe from the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Remarkably, even those who do not trust the government, or think the government has been untruthful about the crisis believe the messaging and claim to be acting in accordance. (2) The quarantine is beginning to have serious negative effects on the population’s mental health.Policy RecommendationsCommunications should move from explaining to citizens that they should stay at home to what they can do there. We need interventions that make staying following public health protocols more desirable, such as virtual social interactions, online social reading activities, classes, exercise routines, etc. — all designed to reduce the boredom of long term social isolation and to increase the attractiveness of following public health recommendations. Interventions like these will grow in importance as the crisis wears on around the world, and staying inside wears on people.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Reference1 articles.
1. Validating the demographic, political, psychological, and experimental results obtained from a new source of online survey respondents;Research & Politics,2019
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