How behavioural science data helps mitigate the COVID-19 crisis

Nat Hum Behav. 2020 May;4(5):438. doi: 10.1038/s41562-020-0866-1.

Abstract

In the current absence of medical treatment and vaccination, the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic can only be brought under control by massive and rapid behaviour change. To achieve this we need to systematically monitor and understand how different individuals perceive risk and what prompts them to act upon it, argues Cornelia Betsch.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Coronavirus*
  • Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
  • Hand Disinfection*
  • Health Behavior*
  • Health Information Management / organization & administration
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Public Health Administration
  • Quarantine
  • SARS-CoV-2